Summary
The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a black high school girl, dressed in white walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School--and a white girl standing directly behind her screaming racial epi... Full description
Summary: |
The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a black high school girl, dressed in white walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School--and a white girl standing directly behind her screaming racial epithets. This famous photograph captures the full anguish of desegregation throughout the South and an epic moment in the civil rights movement. |
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Item Description: |
Originally published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011. |
Physical Description: |
375 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9781611732566 1611732565 |