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I. Artifact Name
School Book Carried by Black Student at Little Rock High School

II. Image


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III. Event Represented by the Artifact/Significance
According to the [|Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture]:

"Elizabeth Ann Eckford made history as a member of the [|Little Rock Nine], the nine [|African-American] students who [|desegregated Little Rock Central High School] in 1957. The image of fifteen-year-old Eckford, walking alone through a screaming mob in front of Central High School, propelled the crisis into the nation’s living rooms and brought international attention to [|Little Rock (Pulaski County)]."

IV. Date and Place
September 4, 1957, Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas

V. Multimedia Found on the Internet
Interview with Minnijean Brown-Trickey, one of the first students to integrate Central High School: 

(Use the Embed Code, Include URL) media type="youtube" key="v8nnNw34xDc" height="344" width="425"

VI. Original Multimedia
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VII. Map
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VIII. Curators
Rose P., Norma B., Jeremiah M., Terrence W.

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