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Desegregation history-maker Jefferson Thomas dies

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Jefferson Thomas
In this photo taken Sept. 23, 2007, Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was one of nine black students to integrate Little Rock Central High School, listens during a panel discussion in Little Rock, Ark. Thomas, 68, died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, in Ohio.
AP Photo/Danny Johnston
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Jefferson Thomas
In this photo taken Sept. 23, 2007, Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was one of nine black students to integrate Little Rock Central High School, listens during a panel discussion in Little Rock, Ark. Thomas, 68, died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, in Ohio.
AP Photo/Danny Johnston