No Tears Tour Memphis: Story Time With Elizabeth Eckford
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Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library 3030 Poplar Ave., Memphis, Tennessee 38111
No Tears Project Memphis is a series of events that uses music and conversation to engage communities in learning about civil rights. The multi-day residency will triangulate the stories of Memphis; Jackson, Mississippi; and Little Rock, Arkansas.
Capping the residency in a 60-minute program for youth and families, Little Rock Nine member and heroine Elizabeth Eckford will share personal experiences and read from her book, The Worst First Day: Bullied While Desegregating Central High. Eckford, who as a 15-year-old in 1957 faced an incensed mob of segregationists and soldiers alone, will inspire the next generation with her words and story. Seating limited, first-come, first-served.