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African-American woman wearing dark colored dress with double strain shell necklace

White woman formally dressed smiling in earrings pearl necklace brooch ribbon bracelet holding gloves fur

African Americans seated in living room

Minnijean Brown and Clarks

Capital Citizens' Council Graphic

Capital Citizens' Council Graphic

Large group of white people in professional dress

Capital Citizens' Council Meeting

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

Central High School

Two teachers walking down an empty school hallway with lockers and a water fountain

Central High School

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

Central High Students

African American man and three African American women leaving room labeled "auxiliary court room"

Central High Students Leaving Federal Court, 1957

Mixed group of people reflected as their younger selves in pool with multistory building behind them with text above that

Central High School Desegregation Commemorative Book

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

Charleston Desegregation Exhibit

white man in suit and red tie on dais with other individuals, white and African American, in front of brick building labeled "Little Rock Central High School" before a large crowd

Desegregation of Central High 50th Anniversary

White man in suit speaking into microphones outside classical stone building with guard and crowd with american flag and confederate flag

Desegregation of Central High School Protest Rally

African-American boy watching white protesters marching in distance

Desegregation Protest

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

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

Desegregation Protesters

Bench across the street from multistory brick building

African American woman walks surrounded by hostile white men and women

Elizabeth Eckford Denied Entrance to Central High

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

Typewritten paper titled "Diary," including dictated notes by President, 1957, concerning Arkansas Governor Faubus's visit

Dwight Eisenhower's Diary

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 black man in suit tie glasses mustache at podium with round sign "Arkansas AFL"

Black man in graduation gown outside brick stadium among graduates and people in suits dresses

White man in glasses and suit shaking hands with young African-American man in cap and gown

Ernest Green Receives Diploma

Young African-American man in graduation robe with cap

Group school photo with matching white girls and one black girl on bleachers below flag

Hoxie Glee Club

Two black men standing and one seated in library wearing suits jackets and ties gazing downwards

Silas Hunt; Wiley Branton; and Harold Flowers

Older African American man and woman at dinner table with younger African American boys and girls

Little Rock Nine Thanksgiving

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

Little Rock Nine Way

Angry white crowd surrounding young African-American girl sitting on bench with white woman talking to her

Grace Lorch and Elizabeth Eckford

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

Lost Year Class

African-American girl taking notes during a television class at home

Lost Year Student

Election flyer reading "Do you want negroes in our schools?" by "The Mothers' League"

Mothers' League of Central High School Flyer

Soldiers in uniform marching in front of multistory school complex

National Guard at Central

white man in helmet with gun faces group of African American teens

National Guardsman Confronts Students at Central High

White man in black framed glasses in shirt and tie

African American man in suit and tie seated at table signing a book

Roberts Book Signing

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

Terrence Roberts

Crowd of white people with American flags and holding signs "Race Mixing is Communism" "Stop the Race Mixing March of the AntiChrist" on the capitol steps

Segregationist Rally

Metal sign on pole "Six Pioneers"

Six Pioneers Sign

Large group of people standing on raised bleachers

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