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First Attempt To Integrate Charlotte Schools
M.E. (Martin Evans) Boyer1934/1934
UNC Charlotte J. Murrey Atkins Library
Charlotte, United States
Dorothy Counts, Delois Huntley, Girvaud Roberts, and her brother Gus Roberts became the first African American students to attend four of Charlotte’s all-white schools in 1957. This attempt to desegregate Charlotte City Schools, organized and supported by the NAACP, was met with hostility by many students and community members. The photograph is of Harding High School, where Dorothy Counts attended school for four days before withdrawing for her safety.
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- Title: First Attempt To Integrate Charlotte Schools
- Creator: M.E. (Martin Evans) Boyer
- Date Created: 1934/1934
- Location Created: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Subject Keywords: African Americans--Civil rights, School integration
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). For more information, see (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/), This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
- External Link: M. E. (Martin Evans) Boyer, Jr. papers
- Medium: Black and White Print
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