Minnijean Brown with Classmates

Minnijean Brown (third from right) stands among other students during a bomb threat at Little Rock Central High School; October 1957.

African American teen stands amongst crowd of white teens with soldiers behind

Will Counts Collection: Indiana University Archives

Media

Time Period

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

Category

Education / Educational Issues and Controversies / School Segregation and Desegregation

Type

Event

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