“The amazing thing is, everything still functions,” he said laughing. “No walking stick, no wheelchair, no crutches. Mind is sharp.”Willie Arbuckle is one of eight who were the first Black students to integrate Chandler High in 1949. The others include Robert Turner, Artie Mae Turner, Joella Arbuckle, Ernestine Jackson, Willie Ruth Payne, J. L. Payne and Nina Loftan.Those eight students walked through Chandler High School at least five years before the Supreme Court’s decision in the Brown vs.
On Saturday morning, the City of Chandler and the Chandler Museum honored them among others including Major General Jackson, Barbara Bogle and Reverend Joseph Patterson for their impact on the community.“I am so proud. I am proud, but also my sister, I called her. She’s in New York. She’s so happy and proud, too,” said Dorothy Christian-Rome, the sister of Robert and Artie Mae Turner.
“They were nervous, of course. They were nervous. But they made them feel welcome at the school,” Christian-Rome said.
The Liberals are always acknowledging people by the color of their skin even 74 years later.
74 years later, way to go cityofchandler
BLACK & PROUD
It only took 74 years to get media attention. 💀
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