Photograph of a white woman leading her child away from Graymont School

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Black-and-white photograph of a white woman leading a young child by the hand away from a school. Sign at front of school reads, [GRAYMONT SCHOOL]. Type along right side of photograph reads, [BXP091005-9/10/63-BIRMINGHAM, ALA. :White mother angrily tows her son down / walk of Graymont elementary school here 9/10 after removing him from class. / She withdrew her son when two Negro boys successfully integrated the school. / UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO].

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