Supreme Court to Highlight Little Rock, Desegregation History in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court this fall will open an exhibit on school desegregation that will include the bench used by the federal district judge who ordered the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. included the news in his year-end report on the federal judiciary , which is released on New Year’s Eve each year and typically includes some anecdotes and flourishes related to Supreme Court history. Roberts’ discussion of U.S. District Judge Ronald N. Davies and the Little Rock...