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Older African-American woman with hat standing with three younger African-American women in coats

Minnijean Brown

African Americans seated in living room

Minnijean Brown and Clarks

Multistory brick school building with twin staircases leading to front with pool and trees in foreground

Central High School

Crowd of white students outside school building with soldiers and military trucks in the background

Central High Students

Single-story brick building with "Charleston 1954" on its side with silhouettes of woman and children

Charleston Desegregation Exhibit

Portrait white male judge in robe speaking holding book hand raised spot lit

Older white man suit glasses hands crossed at cluttered office desk U.S. flag and ashtray behind

White men holding flags and being sprayed with water while other white people watch

Desegregation Protest

White people holding signs with "Race Mixing is Communism" and other slogans

Desegregation Protest at Capitol

Large crowd of white people listening to talk with some holding signs saying "Stop the Race Mixing"

Desegregation Protest at Capitol

Large group of white men and boys carrying flags and signs supporting Faubus

Desegregation Protest March

Bench across the street from multistory brick building

Older African-American woman in yellow top white shirt and black pants sitting on bench outside brick building

Elizabeth Eckford

African-American woman speaking at lectern being filmed by mixed film crew at dedication ceremony

Elizabeth Eckford

Group of young white men hanging an effigy from a tree

Young white woman with braided hair in collared dress

Adolphine Krause Fletcher

White woman smiling in blue seated next to older white woman with glasses smiling in blue coat

Gordy and Huckaby

Young African-American woman smiling in collared shirt

Carolyn Jean Green

African-American man with mustache smiling in suit and tie

Edwin L. Hawkins

single-story school building with green lawn in front

Horace Mann High School

campaign material featuring white man in suit and tie

Johnson Campaign

"Time's up" political advertisement comparing Justice Jim Johnson and Winthrop Rockefeller

Johnson vs. Rockefeller

White men and women throwing "pennies" outside multistory building with four front columns and large dome

Brownie Ledbetter

White woman with glasses wearing blouse and skirt sitting at desk

Brownie Ledbetter

Older white woman and younger white woman sitting in office laughing with filing cabinets behind them

Brownie Ledbetter

White woman sitting on edge of desk speaking into microphone in courtroom-like environment

Brownie Ledbetter

White woman standing with arms crossed and car door open

Brownie Ledbetter in Germany

Single-story "Magnolia" gas station with covered entrance and three pumps

Little Rock Central High Museum

Five African Americans standing beneath a sign "Little Rock Nine Way" in front of a large brick school building

Little Rock Nine Way

Crowd of white policemen in uniform and white protesters in street behind a barricade

Little Rock Protesters

Group of young white men standing on steps with white soldiers and old white woman

Grace L. Lorch and Students

White man speaking at desk with white hand working camera in the foreground

Lost Year Class

Class of African-American students and teachers with school building "Murfreesboro Colored School"

Murfreesboro Colored School

Soldiers in uniform marching in front of multistory school complex

National Guard at Central

White man in suit and tie standing with group of white children and white man in clerical robes outside multistory church building

Rev. Ogden and Choir

Older African-American woman in dress sitting at the base of a column

African-American man with beard in suit and tie speaking into microphone at lectern

Terrence Roberts

Old white man holding book and notes speaking with African-American men and women behind him

Large group of white people applauding

Large group of people standing on raised bleachers

African American children on steps in front of white soldiers in uniform

Students and Soldiers

Older white men and women talking to each other with stone wall behind them

Adolphine and David Terry

Adolphine Fletcher Terry

Old white woman standing next to dedication plaque with parked cars and crowd behind her

Adolphine Fletcher Terry

White man in suit and tie sitting at desk handing something to elderly white woman with glasses and hat in chair

Adolphine Fletcher Terry

Old white woman with glasses in dress sitting in chair next to ornate glass window in room

Adolphine Fletcher Terry

Young white girl with bonnet and dress standing next to a tree

Adolphine Fletcher Terry

White female toddler in dress with hat sitting on a rock

Adolphine Fletcher Terry

Young white girl in dress with bow in her hair playing with toy on small table

Mary Fletcher Terry

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