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A replica bus bench with concrete curved legs, a wooden seat and black back rest with a circular advertisement reading "You can advertise on this bench - phone MO 6-2159" sits at the corner of 16th Street and S. Park Street. At this location, Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, waited for a city bus after being turned away by the Arkansas National Guard from entering Central High School and pursued here by an angry mob on Wednesday, September 4, 1957. In the background, trees and a sidewalk stand in front of the south wing of Central High School.

A replica bus bench sits at the corner of 16th Street and S. Park Street.

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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Code: CHSC

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Latitude: 34.7369995117188, Longitude: -92.2998962402344

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