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Members of the Little Rock Nine, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray Karlmark, and Thelma Mothershed Wair, are joined by NNS President Jennifer Boykin, NNS welders, Navy leaders, and elected officials at the keel authentication ceremony forVirginia-class submarineArkansas(SSN 800) at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding on Saturday, November 19, 2022. The six women of the Little Rock Nine were named sponsors ofArkansasby the Navy in 2018. All nine members were recognized by NNS during the ceremony.