Mothershed Wair died Saturday at a hospital in Little Rock after having complications from multiple sclerosis, her sister, Grace Davis, confirmed Sunday to The Associated Press.
The students who integrated Central High School were known as the Little Rock Nine.
The academic credits transferred back to Little Rock, and she ultimately earned her diploma from Central High School.
Her husband died in 2005, and Mothershed Wair moved back to Little Rock, Davis said.
Each member of the Little Rock Nine was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, and they donated them to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock in 2011.

Thelma Mothershed Wair, of Little Rock Nine, Dies at 83