YOUNGSTOWN - A major name in the American Civil Rights movement made a stop in the Valley for Ohio Nonviolence Week.

Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of nine African American teenagers that came to be known as "The Little Rock Nine."

After the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling determined it was illegal to segregate schools, it took until 1957 for that change to happen.

On September 25, 1957, after weeks of being blocked by an angry mob, President Dwight Eisenhower ordered U.S. Army troops to guard The Little Rock Nine as they walked into Little Rock's Central High School.

Thursday, Brown-Trickey was the guest speaker at a luncheon at the Jewish Community Center. She stressed the importance of leaving her message with the next generation.

"We have to pay attention to those efforts that they make, and not always disparage them. We always need them because the they are the future," said Brown-Trickey. "I'm 83, so I've gotta be interacting with people who will continue having a peaceful world or nonviolent situation."

Minnijean has made multiple stops to the Valley in her lifetime, as she continues to advocate for nonviolent change.