LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - On Friday, many came together to honor the 20th anniversary of the Testament: The Little Rock Nine Monument at the Arkansas capitol.

Little Rock Nine member Elizabeth Eckford, state leaders and present students of Central High School recognized their legacy.

“If we honestly acknowledge our history, then we can begin to understand each other," Eckford said.

In 1957, the nine African American teenagers desegregated Little Rock Central High School after being met by a mob. The U.S. Army eventually escorted them into school under presidential order.

Eckford remembers her first year as “tumultuous.”

She goes on to say, “I want to be remembered not as a brave person but as someone who kept coming back to school in spite of knowing it was going to get better.”

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