Elizabeth Eckford Denied Entrance to Central High

Will Counts’s iconic photograph of Elizabeth Ann Eckford after she was denied entrance to Little Rock Central High School; September 4, 1957.

Eckford, Elizabeth

Will Counts Collection: Indiana University Archives

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Time Period

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

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Education / Educational Issues and Controversies / School Segregation and Desegregation

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Event

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World War II through the Faubus Era, 1941 through 1967