Created by

Tenney, Gordon, American, born 1927

Date

July 1955

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet and Image): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

H x W (Mat): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Caption

"Standing together outside in silence, children of Negro cotton farmers timidly await a teacher's instructions to register for school."

Source: "A 'Morally Right' Decision: An Arkansas school board does some soul searching and Negro children enter desegregated classes," Life Magazine, July 25, 1955, p. 29.

Description

A black-and-white photograph of six African American children lined up against a brick wall. A few white children are walking around in the foreground.

Place depicted

Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Type

gelatin silver prints

Topic

Children

Civil rights

Education

Photography

Segregation

U.S. History, 1953-1961

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg Gallery

Object number

2012.169.8

Restrictions & Rights

© Gordon Tenney

Metadata Usage

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GUID

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