Elizabeth Eckford is turned away by Arkansas National Guard [graphic] / Will Counts [photographer]. 1957.

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Elizabeth Eckford is turned away by Arkansas National Guard [graphic] / Will Counts [photographer]. 1957.

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Photograph, taken September 4, 1957, of Elizabeth Eckford receiving directions from guardsmen at 16th and Park to Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Another student approaches the school carrying books. A large truck is in the background. Eckford was one of nine black students chosen to attend Central High.

1 photograph : negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Arkansas History Commission

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Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)

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Arkansas. National Guard

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Eckford, Elizabeth, 1941-

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Civic activist Elizabeth Eckford was born on October 4, 1941 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Oscar Eckford, Jr. and Birdie Eckford. She attended Horace Mann High School and transferred to Little Rock Central High School in 1957 as one of the Little Rock Nine. Eckford took correspondence and night classes during the 1958 school year to earn enough credits to receive her high school diploma. Eckford attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, then later earned her B.A. degree in history from Central...

Counts, I. Wilmer (Ira Wilmer), 1931-

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After the United States Supreme Court had ruled in 1954 that racial segregation in public schools must be ended, Little Rock planned to gradually integrate its schools over a period of six years. The first African American students were to be admitted to Central High School in September 1957. The nine students were Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Pattillo, Gloria Ray, Terrance Roberts, Jefferson Thomas and Carlotta Walls. When the students attempted to ...

Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...