ARLINGTON — Jerry Jones is a storyteller. Not in a fictional sense, though some of the stories Jones has told over the years might leave you saying, “Did this...
. We know why he stuck with Jason Garrett for nearly 10 years. We know the stories of when it was time to build AT&T Stadium.There is one story he hasn’t told enough, however, considering what he’s seen. It’s the one about the day he stood on the schoolhouse steps in North Little Rock, Ark., watching as six Black teenagers were denied entry into his high school.
“Look, that was 65 years ago, I had no idea when I walked up there what we were doing,” Jones said after the. “It just was a reminder to me how to improve and do things the right way.” In 1957, the Little Rock School Board voted to desegregate schools moderately with an expectation that all schools would be fully open to all regardless of race by 1963.On Sept. 4, 1957, nine Black students were denied entry into Little Rock Central High school.
President Eisenhower spoke to the nation on Sept. 24 from the White House, frustrated but determined for the law to be followed. The next day, nine Black teenagers were allowed entry into Little Rock Central. President Eisenhower sent a little more than 1,000 troops from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division to protect the teenagers’ entry into the school.Jones wasn’t a part of history when it came to the desegregation of schools. He was a spectator watching the scene unfold. Now, people are questioning why he was even there.
The photo wasn’t hidden. It’s been in plain sight for years, although Jones’ presence had remained under the radar. Some people from that day were shown in a similar photo that ran on the front page of theafternoon edition with the headline: “Students Push Back Six Negroes Trying to Enter NLR High.”report were similar. He’s also spoken about the photo as part of a history project with the University of Arkansas, his alma mater.
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