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Associated Press [Photograph of Little Rock Nine students and Little Rock Central High School]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09731.06 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Little Rock, Arkansas Type: Photograph Date: 11 December 1957 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 23 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

One black-and-white photograph taken by the Associated Press dated December 11, 1957. Image is a collage of seven images that consist of the Little Rock Nine students and Little Rock Central High School. Reverse side contains a typed caption that names the students: Gloria Ray, Terrance Roberts and Melba Pattillo, Jefferson Thomas, Carlotta Walls and Thelma Mothershed.

Karlmark, Gloria Ray, 1942-
Roberts, Terrance, 1941-
Beals, Melba Pattillo, 1941-
Thomas, Jefferson, 1942-2010
LaNier, Carlotta Walls, 1942-
Mothershed-Wair, Thelma, 1940-
Eckford, Elizabeth, 1941-
Green, Ernest, 1941-
Brown-Trickey, Minnijean, 1941-

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