Photograph
African-American Students with Military Escort at Sturgis High School
| African-American students escorted from Sturgis High School by armed National Guardsmen. |
| Image ID: | 105018 |
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| Creation Date: | 09 11 1956 |
| Creator Name: | United Press International |
| City: | Sturgis |
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| State: | Kentucky |
| Collection Name: | Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America records, 1903-1980 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M79-517, box 13 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9 x 7 inches |
| Photo is mislabeled on back as June 1957 - Little Rock. The students are not the Little Rock Nine and the building is not Little Rock Central. The notable integration crisis in Little Rock would not begin until September of 1957. Corroborating photograph found in Odessa American September 11, 1956. The September 6, 1956, issue of the Daily Globe identified the nine students as Shirley Beasley, Margaret Garnett, Kenneth Hayden, Jane Howard, James Beasley, Dudley Bishop, Kenneth Greenwell, Nathaniel Dixon, and Tommy Dixon. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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