The Little Rock Nine

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A black-and-white photograph of the Little Rock Nine, by Platon. The photograph depicts the Little Rock Nine in full length, holding hands, and standing in a row in front of the front entrance to the Little Rock Central High School. Standing from left to right is Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray, Elizabeth Eckford, Carlotta Walls, Terrence Roberts, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, and Ernest Green. Thomas, on the far left, is wearing a dark tone, pinstripe suit with a white dress shirt and a patterned tie. He is looking up and to the right into the distance. He has a serious expression on his face. His proper right hand is resting on the front of his proper right thigh and he is holding Brown’s proper right hand with his proper left hand. Brown is wearing a medium tone, ribbed turtleneck shirt under a dark tone cardigan, black pants, and a necklace with a square pendant.

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