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Hi, I'm Jonathan Cape Hard and welcome to Cape Up.

On this day when we honor the life Cape Heart and welcome to Cape Up.

On this day when we honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. I want to introduce you to one of the ordinary men and women

whose extraordinary actions all across the South

brought the United States closer to its founding principals.

Her name is Minigine Brown Tricky, and she was 15 years old

when she integrated Central High School in 1957

as part of the Little Rock Nine.

I sat down with Minnie Jean on January 6th

during an historic gathering of civil rights veterans

and next generation leaders at the Annenberg retreat at Sunnylands and Rancho

Mirage, California. Here why she got involved in the movement and how her historic actions

impacted her life right now. Meantee, Jean Brown, tell folks who are listening who you are.

Well, I can in short time I'm one of Little Rock Nine and a little Rock Nine a group of young people who desegregated Central High School in 1957.

So it's almost in the middle ages.

Happened a long time ago.

We were 14 and 15, sort of at the beginning and then the people who were in the 11th

grade turned 16 by the end of the year. My birthday is September 11th, so, yeah,

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