Title from caption on object: “Three Girls Leave the Previously All-White McDonogh Elementary School…”

November 15, 1960

American 20th Century, United Press International

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The image shows a group of three men and two young girls walking down a set of steps outside a building. One girl leads the group, with the other girl holding her hand. The men are dressed in suits and ties, with armbands. In the background, two adults are standing inside the open door of the building. A car hood is visible at the bottom edge of the image, suggesting a street or parking area beyond the steps.
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Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

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Inscriptions

vertical along right edge printed in image: NEP111506-11/15/60-NEW ORLEANS: Three Negro girls leave the previously /all-white McDonogh Elementary School after spending their second day / in the integrated school. The girls are delivered to the school in the / morning and are called for in the afternoon by the U.S. Marshals that / are shown escorting the girls from the school. One of the girls can be / seen behind the marshal on the right. The third is hidden behind the / marshal. UPI TELEPHOTO JM/JM; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top left in graphite: AF115B; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: A897-Schools.; upper right stamped in purple ink perpendicular: REFERENCE / NOV 25 '60 / N. E. A.


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