Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in blue pencil: Portland [erased] Little Rock (Arkansas); upper right printed in black ink on applied label: mbi 703; upper right stamped in black ink: ENT'D SEP 25 1997; by unknown hand, center in graphite: B [circled] / 5 col x 36 / BULLDOG; center United Press copyright stamp in black ink inverted and partially visible; lower center stamped in purple ink: DEC 29 1957; across bottom printed in black ink on applied newspaper: SECOND on list of foremost stories was Little Rock's integration crisis. / Focal point of disturbances was Central high school, where demonstra- / tions followed admission of first Negro students. On September 25 fed- / eral troops took over. Paratroopers are shown escorting Negro students / into school at height of crisis. National guard was federalized, too. / Little Rock news monopolized headlines for many weeks. (UP Telephoto.); by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: E6 ½