‘I never doubted I did the right thing, but I’ve had regrets. I was so young. I didn’t realize the consequences. I’d been taught if you do something bad, something bad will follow. But I didn’t know if you did something good, something bad could happen also…’ [00:16:20]
#1: Program cover for Jessie "Angie" (Evans) Benham's induction into the Van Buren High School Hall of Fame, November 9, 2013
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#2: Angie Benham's maternal grandparents, George W. Stanfield and Georgia McKinney Stanfield, standing in front of the family home in Rudy, Arkansas, ca. 1930s
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#3: Angie Benham's grandmother, Georgia Stanfield (3rd from right), and mother, Jessie Stanfield Evans (far right), taken at the family home in Rudy, Arkansas; circa 1955
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#4: Angie Benham, age 15, standing up for school integration, Van Buren, Arkansas, September 22, 1958.. The photo later appeared in LIFE magazine.
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#5: Angie Benham's grandfather, James Evans, in Rudy, Arkansas
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#6: Cover of University of Arkansas at Fort Smith spring 2014 alumni magazine, Bell Tower, featuring Angie Benham
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#7: Angie Benham, 2014
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#8: Angie and David Benham, together in Van Buren, Arkansas
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