Browsing: remains Dorothy Counts. Her courage as a teenager opened the door for others and paved the way for generations of Black students to demand their rightful place in the classroom.

       On September 4, 1957, a 15-year-old Black girl in a neatly pressed dress walked alone toward Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her name was Dorothy Counts, and with every step she took, history was being made. She was one of the first four Black students to integrate the city’s public schools—yet the price she paid was steep.