The turbulent 1957-58 school year at Central High School in Little Rock (Pulaski County) ended on May 27, when Ernest Green became the school’s first African-American graduate. This haunting photo of an empty hallway at Central High in September 1958 shows the effect of the decision to close the city’s high schools the following school year (known as the Lost Year) rather than integrate them.
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