Elizabeth Eckford ignores the hostile screams and stares of fellow students on her first day of school, 6th September 1957. She was one of the nine...
Year-old Elizabeth Eckford is followed by a sullen mob as she attends her first day at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, 4th...
Elizabeth Eckford is turned away from Central High School by members of the Arkansas National Guard, called out by Governor Orval Faubus supposedly...
Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, is surrounded by journalists after she is prevented from entering Little Rock's Central High School...
African American students Jefferson Thomas and Elizabeth Eckford during lunch period at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Little Rock, AR- Elizabeth Eckford spends an evening at home studying her scholl books after she had been turned away from Little Rock's all White...
Little Rock, AK -The nine Negro students who were the storm center of the integration crisis at the Little Rock Central High School are shown...
Six black children who attended Little Rock's Central High School earlier in 1958, are seen here in this 8/22/58 photo. The NAACP asked the Supreme...
Washington: Six black children who attended Little Rock's Central High School earlier in 1958, and two NAACP officials sit outside the Supreme Court...
Leaving the Army Vehicle that brought the nine black students to Little Rock Central high School this morning, Minnie Brown dropped a book. That was...
Six black children who attended Little Rock's Central High School earlier in 1958, and two NAACP officials sit outside the Supreme Court in this...
Six black children who attended Little Rock's Central High School earlier in 1958, sit outside the Supreme Court in this 8/22/58 photo. The NAACP...
The "Little Rock Nine" form a study group after being prevented from entering Little Rock's racially segregated Central High School, 13th September...
Lawyer Thurgood Marshall and civil rights activist Daisy Bates join several members of the "Little Rock Nine", the first students to integrate...
The 'Little Rock Nine'. Reading from top left, Gloria Ray, Terrance Roberts, Melba Patillo, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Minnijean Brown,...
American teenager Elizabeth Eckford is followed by a crowd as she walks to school, Little Rock, Arkansas, September 23, 1957. Eckford and eight...
Arkansas NAACP leader Daisy Bates is presented with the Springarn award for Racial Achievment by Oberlain College President William E Stevenson and...
Melba Pattillo Beals, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Pres. Clinton, McKindra, Krupitsky, Mrs. Clinton,...
Pres. & Mrs. Clinton w. Little Rock Nine Eckford, Green, Karlmark, Lanier, Roberts, Thomas, Brown Trickey & Mothershed Wair at event marking return...
Little Rock Nine vets Beals, Eckford, Green, Karlmark, Lanier, Pres. Clinton & McKindra, in ceremony marking return of 1st black students to attend...
Eckford, Green, Karlmark, Lanier, Pres. Clinton, McKindra, Krupitsky, Mrs. Clinton, Roberts, Thomas, Brown Trickey & Mothershed Wair in return of...
Portrait of Elizabeth Eckford outside her home, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 2011. Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who, after the landmark...
President Bill Clinton is hugged by Elizabeth Eckford, former student of Central High School of Little Rock, Arkansas, during the presentation...
Elizabeth Eckford poses for a portrait on September 13, 2007 in front of the main entrance of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Threading...
President Bill Clinton hugs Elizabeth Eckford during the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Little Rock Nine 09...
Portrait of Elizabeth Eckford in her home, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 2011. Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who, after the landmark...
Portrait of Elizabeth Eckford in her home, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 2011. Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who, after the landmark...
Close-up portrait of Elizabeth Eckford outside her home, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 2011. Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who, after the...
Close-up portrait of Elizabeth Eckford in her home, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 2011. Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who, after the...
Portrait of Elizabeth Eckford outside her home, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 2011. Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who, after the landmark...
Portrait of Elizabeth Eckford outside her home, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 2011. Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who, after the landmark...
Portrait of Elizabeth Eckford as she sits outside her home, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 2011. Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who, after...
Portrait of Elizabeth Eckford as she sits outside her home, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 2011. Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who, after...
Portrait of Elizabeth Eckford as she sits outside her home, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 2011. Eckford was one of the Little Rock Nine who, after...
Elizabeth Eckford poses for a portrait on September 13, 2007 in front of the main entrance of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Threading...
Elizabeth Eckford poses for a portrait on September 13, 2007 in front of the main entrance of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Threading...
Elizabeth Eckford poses for a portrait on September 13, 2007 in front of the main entrance of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Threading...
New York City Mayor Robert Wagner greeting the teenagers who integrated Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas. Pictured, front row, left to...
President Bill Clinton walks with Ernest Green and Elizabeth Eckford , two of the original "Little Rock Nine" who integrated Little Rock Central High...
Elizabeth Eckford wipes her eyes during the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Little Rock Nine 09 November in the...
At a reception for a National History Contest at the Dirksen Building on Capitol Hill are Elizabeth Eckford , Ken Reinhardt, and Jeremy Johnston and...
President Bill Clinton speaks during the presentation ceremony of the Congressional Gold Medals at the White House, November 9, 1999. The "Little...
President Bill Clinton speaks during the presentation ceremony of the Congressional Gold Medals at the White House, November 9, 1999. The "Little...
Several members of the "Little Rock Nine" who made history 25 years before, held a reunion sponsored by the NAACP Legal Defense fund here. Standing...
Two of the nine Black students denied admission to the Little Rock Central High school after Governor Orval Faubus called in the Militia to prevent...
Nine Negro students entered Little Rock Central High School for the fifth straight day as federalized National Guard troops took over patrolling...
Washington, D.C.: Seven of the nine Negro students who attended Little Rock's Central High School under protection of Army Paratroopers last year are...
Wahsington, D.C.- Seven of the nine Negro youngsters who attended Little Rock's Central High School last year under the protection of Army...
President Bill Clinton hugs Elizabeth Eckford during the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Little Rock Nine 09...
President Bill Clinton walks with Ernest Green and Elizabeth Eckford , two of the original "Little Rock Nine" who integrated Little Rock Central High...
Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, students first integrated in the White-Only Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, gathers her...
Hillsdale High School juniors Jessica Fitzgerald, 16 and Francis lewin-Koh hug after they both made separate phone calls and talked to Elizabeth...
Hillsdale High School junior Jessica Fitzgerald , 16 prepares to call to Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, on Jeff Steinberg's phone...
Hillsdale High School junior Jessica Fitzgerald , 16 prepares to call to Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, on Jeff Steinberg's phone...
Students call out, "Hi Elizabeth," while Jeff Steinberg , Sojourn to the Past founder, holds a microphone to his cell phone as he makes a call to...
Jeff Steinberg, Sojourn to the Past founder, holds a microphone to his cell phone as he makes a call to Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock...
Jeff Steinberg, Sojourn to the Past founder, holds a microphone to his cell phone as he makes a call to Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock...
Jeff Steinberg, Sojourn to the Past founder, prepares to call to Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, after asking students who wanted to...
Hillsdale High School juniors Jessica Fitzgerald, 16 and Francis Lewin-Koh prepare to call Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, on Jeff...
Jeff Steinberg, Sojourn to the Past founder, prepares to call to Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, after asking students who wanted to...
