Title from caption on object: “Second on List of Foremost Stories was Little Rock's Integration Crisis...”

September 25, 1957

American 20th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 13.8 × 21.6 cm (5 7/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.442

Artwork history & notes

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

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