Arkansas representative Darrin Williams.

PositionPEOPLE & POLITICS - Darrin Williams elected as speaker - Brief article

ARKANSAS REPRESENTATIVE DARRIN WILLIAMS, who attended the high school made famous in 1957 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent troops there to protect nine black students during Little Rock's forced integration, has made history himself. The African American became speaker-designate of the Arkansas House in March, winning the highest elected office ever held by a black person in the state's history. "I am thrilled beyond measure and am humbled that they think I...

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