Rufus Young with Little Rock Nine Members

Rufus K. Young standing behind Melba Patillo, Ernest Green, and Gloria Ray at Bethel AME Church in Little Rock (Pulaski County); 1958.

Group of African Americans standing in a church

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

Media

Time Period

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

Category

Faiths and Denominations / Religion

Race & Ethnicity

African American

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