Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of seven of the Little Rock Nine meeting at the home of Daisy Bates
March 1958
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
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.
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Catalog reference: 2011.17.201
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