Title

Report card for Carlotta Walls from Little Rock Central High School, 1957 - 1958. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Carlotta Walls LaNier was the youngest of the nine African-American students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in September 1957. In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that racial segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. The report consists of a pre-printed form on a folded card. The form has been filled out in a combination of handwritten blue ink, handwritten graphite, and stamped black ink. The front of the card reads [ REPORT / of / Pupil's Progress ].

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A77_493

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Rights managed

Available size

69,0Mb (2,1Mb) / 12,5in x 21,5in / 3735 x 6455 (300dpi)

Keywords

people black education country museum school location century discrimination equality report concept African American African-American B&W afro-american fifties 1950s United States of America rights black & white black and white B W 20th century civil rights Civil Rights Movement heritage American America USA decade segregation united states racial segregation Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art Lanier National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Carlotta Walls LaNier Carlotta Walls Little Rock Central High School ink and graphite on paper report cards