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Various [Press photographs of the Little Rock school integration process, 1957-1958] [Decimalized .01-.07]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09731 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: Little Rock, Arkansas Type: Header Record Date: 1957-1958 Pagination: 7 items

Summary of Content: Collection of press photographs related to the Little Rock school integration process dated 1957-1958. Consists of seven wirephotos and telephotos taken by Associated Press, United Press International. Begins with photos from early September 1957 depicting the resistance to integrating the school. Collection ends with a photo from 1958 when schools closed to further stall integration.

People: Beals, Melba Pattillo, 1941-
Brown-Trickey, Minnijean, 1941-
Cassels, Louis, 1922-1974
Davies, Ronald N., 1904-1996
Eckford, Elizabeth, 1941-
Faubus, Orval, 1910-1994
Green, Ernest, 1941-
Karlmark, Gloria Ray, 1942-
LaNier, Carlotta Walls, 1942-
Mothershed-Wair, Thelma, 1940-
Roberts, Terrance, 1941-
Thomas, Jefferson, 1942-2010
Williams, Ashley, fl. 1957

Historical Era: 1945 to the Present

Subjects: African American HistoryCivil Rights MovementCivil RightsEducationPoliceProtestsRace discriminationRiotsSegregation

Sub Era: The Civil Rights Movement

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