Little Rock Nine Member and SIUE Alumna, Thelma Mothershed Wair, Dies at the Age of 83 SIUE Alumna Spent her Life Championing Diversity Efforts - Atlanta Tribune
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Thelma Watershed Wair, one of the historical Little Rock Nine who integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957 amidst an angry mob of white separationist and who later graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has died. She was 83. Wair’s sister, Grace Davis, confirmed to The Associated Press that Wair died Saturday at a hospital in …

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Thelma Watershed Wair, one of the historical Little Rock Nine who integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957 amidst an angry mob of white separationist and who later graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has died. She was 83. Wair’s sister, Grace Davis, confirmed to The Associated Press that Wair died Saturday at a hospital in […]

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