In the fall of 1957, seventeen black applicants were admitted into Little Rock’s all-white Central High School. Eight chose to remain at their current high school, but the other nine decided to become the first black students to integrate the school. They came to be known as “the Little Rock Nin ...
Clipper ships traveled at blistering speeds but conditions on board were brutal, and opium was their most profitable cargo. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/news-clipper-ship-opium-trade-gold-rush