The death of Emmett Till — History.com This Day in History — 8/28/1955. Also on this day Lead Story After four years of separation, Charles, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, and his wife, Princess Diana, formally divorce.
On July 29, 1981, nearly one billion television viewers in 74 countries tuned in to witness the marriage of Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, to Lady Diana... The Little Rock Nine - Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. Women’s Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) The Women’s Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) was formed on September 12, 1958, to combat the governor’s closing of Little Rock (Pulaski County) high schools.
The first meeting of the organization was held on September 16. During the summer after the 1957 desegregation crisis at Central High School in Little Rock, Governor Orval Faubus invoked a recently passed state law and closed the schools to prevent further desegregation. The WEC became the first organization to publicly support reopening the schools under the district’s desegregation plan. Womens Emergency Committee and the Lost Year - Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.