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Photograph of Terrence Roberts and soldiers at Little Rock Central High School

September 1957

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

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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.

A black-and-white photograph of a group of armed United States military personnel in light-colored uniforms facing a young man, Terrence Roberts, wearing a horizontal striped shirt and dark slacks. The young man has a pencil tucked behind his left ear.

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Catalog reference: 2011.57.10.3

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