Brownie Ledbetter

Brownie Ledbetter (right) throwing “pennies” off the Arkansas State Capitol steps in Little Rock (Pulaski County) to demonstrate waste of sales tax exemptions; 1987.

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

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

Media

Time Period

Divergent Prosperity and the Arc of Reform (1968–2022)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Gender and Sexuality / Race / School Desegregation / Women

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Female

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