Desegregation Protest

Men holding American flags, in protest of the integration of Central High School, stand in street as others watch and police spray them with water; August 20, 1959.

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

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

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Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Education / Educational Issues and Controversies / Race / School Desegregation / School Segregation and Desegregation

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