This picture shows African American students arriving at school in Little Rock, Arkansas. These students were part of the “Little Rock Nine,” the first group of high school students to integrate Central High School.

Little Rock Nine

School Integration in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957
African American students arriving at Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, in U.S. Army car, 1957.
Photograph by Bern Keating.
Copyprint. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Collection,
Prints and Photographs
Division (13)
Digital ID # ppmsc 00182

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