Troops seen surrounding school as negro students enter LRCHS [graphic] / Will Counts [photographer]. [1957]

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Troops seen surrounding school as negro students enter LRCHS [graphic] / Will Counts [photographer]. [1957]

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Negro students enter Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, under the protection of federal troops, [September 25, 1957]. Center and partial left of of the school is seen in the background. Armed troops are in the foreground, students surround the school in the background. View shows center and left of school building.

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

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Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)

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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 ...