A Negro newsman is attacked by mob [graphic] / Will Counts [photographer]. 1957.

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A Negro newsman is attacked by mob [graphic] / Will Counts [photographer]. 1957.

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A white man kicks black newsman Alex Wilson as a mob watches outside Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas, September 23, 1957. Wilson said, "I fought for my country and I'm not running from you," as he was attacked.

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

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