Grace L. Lorch and Students

Grace Lorch, ten male students, and two National Guardsmen standing on Central High doorway steps; 1957.

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

Courtesy of UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Media

Time Period

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

Category

Business and Economics / Civil Rights and Social Change / Labor / Race / School Desegregation

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Female

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