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Daisy Bates and Four of the Little Rock Nine

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Description: Daisy Bates outside her home with four of the Little Rock Nine. The students are Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Melba Pattillo, and Thelma Mothershed.
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McComb High School Students

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Description: Elevated view of a group of students from McComb High School standing near a car holding signs with messages, including: "Vote Negroes" and "We Will Suffer...
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Daisy Bates Standing Behind Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Daisy Bates, the head of the Arkansas NAACP, stands behind seven of the Little Rock Nine, who are seated on a sofa in her living room. They have assembled ...
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Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 08 17 1959
Description: Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine is harassed by Central High School students as he waits for transportation after the first day of school.
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Carlotta Walls, One of the Little Rock Nine

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Description: Carlotta Walls, one of the Little Rock Nine, in graduation cap and gown.
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Elizabeth Eckford, One of the Little Rock Nine

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Description: Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, doing homework.
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Gloria Ray, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Portrait of Gloria Ray, one of the Little Rock Nine.
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Melba Pattillo, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Melba Pattillo, later Melba Pattillo Beals, of the Little Rock Nine.
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First Attempt to Enter Central High School by the Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: First attempt of the Little Rock Nine to enter Central High School. They were denied entrance by the Arkansas National Guard who had been called up by Gove...
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Terrence Roberts, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Terrence Roberts of the Little Rock Nine.
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Carlotta Walls, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Carlotta Walls of the Little Rock Nine.
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Gloria Ray, One of the Little Rock Nine

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Description: Portrait of Gloria Ray of the Little Rock Nine.
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Wautoma Teens Counter-Picketing Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: Four young men sitting in front of a grocery store. The young man on the left is sitting beside a crate of corn, wearing sunglasses and holding a bag of gr...
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Andrew Goodman, Standing on Staircase

Date: 1962
Description: Andrew Goodman standing at the foot of a staircase, age 19, wearing a dark shirt. Andrew Goodman was a civil rights activist and volunteer for the Freedom ...
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Father Groppi with Young Protesters

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Description: Father James Groppi marches with African American teenage girls who are carrying signs that read, "Stop Bussing For Segregation" and "Stop School Segregati...
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Woman Distributing Leaflets

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Description: A Caucasian woman, identified as Barbara Deming, hands leaflets to an African American family on a front porch. The location is tentatively identified as G...
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African-American Students with Military Escort at Sturgis High School

Date: 09 11 1956
Description: African-American students escorted from Sturgis High School by armed National Guardsmen.
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Children Outside of Rosedale Playground

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Description: A group of African American children are standing outside the Rosedale Playground. Most of the children have their backs to the camera, including a woman s...
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Teenagers at Lunch Counter Sit-In

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: A group of white teenage boys pour drinks and condiments on African American students sitting at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a non-violent demonstration...
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Salter, Trumpauer, and Moody at Lunch Counter Sit-in

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: Three civil rights activists sit at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a non-violent demonstration. From left to right are Professor John Salter, Joan Trumpaue...

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