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Member of Little Rock Nine christens nuclear submarine named for Arkansas

Dec. 08, 2024 04:00 AM EST

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The nuclear submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday, almost a decade in the making since the U.S. Navy announced that a Virginia-class submarine would bear the state's name. Carlotta Walls LaNier, one the nine Black students who desegregated Little...