Photograph by:

Gertrude Samuels, British American, 1910 - 2003  Search this

Published by:

The New York Times, American, founded 1851  Search this

Subject of:

Melba Patillo Beals, American, born 1941  Search this

Carlotta Walls LaNier, American, born 1942  Search this

Jefferson Thomas, American, 1942 - 2010  Search this

Elizabeth Eckford, American, born 1941  Search this

Thelma Mothershed-Wair, American, born 1940  Search this

Terrence Roberts, American, born 1941  Search this

Gloria Cecelia Ray Karlmark, American, born 1942  Search this

Daisy Bates, American, 1914 - 1999  Search this

Little Rock Central High School, American, founded 1927  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 8 3/8 × 9 15/16 in. (21.3 × 25.2 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted:

Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Date:

March 1958

Description:

This black-and-white photograph depicts seven of the Little Rock Nine, from left to right, Melba Patillo, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Tomas, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Terrence Roberts and Gloria Ray, meeting at the home of Daisy Bates, a local NAACP leader. The seven are gathered around a table with books.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Education  Search this

Photography  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III

Object number:

2011.17.201

Restrictions & Rights:

© Gertrude Samuels

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54ae8a80a-f5a9-47ec-b2c6-fb6f3404216d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.17.201