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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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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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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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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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Jackson Woolworth's Lunch Counter Sit-in

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: Civil rights activist Walter Williams lying face down on the floor near the lunch counter at Woolworths, where he was taking part in a sit-in. He had just ...

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