Sujet

Diploma for Carlotta Walls from Little Rock Central High School, July 8, 1960. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

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 diploma consists of black ink printed on white paper; [ Central High School ] is printed at the top along with an illustration of the school building.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A77_495

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NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

96,5Mo (2,7Mo) / 55,7cm x 43,4cm / 6574 x 5130 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black education country writing museum school design location century discrimination equality concept script African American African-American B&W certificate diploma afro-american lettering fifties 1950s United States of America rights graphic design 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 Board of Education Ink on paper cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art blackletter gothic script Lanier National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC diplomas Carlotta Walls LaNier Carlotta Walls Little Rock Central High School