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The Little Rock Nine and the Integration Crisis in Photos

The photos in this collection were taken by journalists during the Little Rock integration crisis in 1957 and can be used in a gallery walk exercise.

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Elizabeth Eckford is harassed by a crowd of segregationists.
Elizabeth Eckford is harassed by a crowd of segregationists.

Elizabeth Eckford is harassed by a crowd of segregationists. 

Credit:
Will Counts Collection: Indiana University Archives
Alex Wilson Being Assailed By Mob
Alex Wilson Being Assailed By Mob

Alex Wilson, a journalist for the Memphis Tri-State Defender, is attacked by a mob outside Little Rock Central High School.

Credit:
Will Counts Collection: Indiana University Archives.
The Little Rock Nine are prevented from entering Central High School by the Arkansas National Guard.
The Little Rock Nine are prevented from entering Central High School by the Arkansas National Guard.

The Little Rock Nine are prevented from entering Central High School by the Arkansas National Guard.

Credit:
Francis Miller/Life Pictures/Shutterstock
A group of people, several holding signs and American flags, protesting the admission of the "Little Rock Nine" to Central High School.
A group of people, several holding signs and American flags, protesting the admission of the "Little Rock Nine" to Central High School.

Segregationists rally against school integration at the Arkansas state capitol in Little Rock.

Credit:
John T. Bledsoe/Library of Congress
Two Black students on their way to school are followed by a group of white teenagers.
Two Black students on their way to school are followed by a group of white teenagers.

Two Black students on their way to school are followed by a group of white teenagers.

Credit:
Ed Clark/Life Pictures/Shutterstock

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