Taking High School Classes via Television in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 1958

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, O'Halloran, Thomas J., "Little Rock, Arkansas. Filming high school classes / TOH," September 1958

Description

This 1958 photograph shows an African-American high school girl being educated via television in her living room. During this period, the schools in her Arkansas community were closed to avoid integration after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional.

Source-Dependent Questions

• How did people use television to communicate?
• What in the photo is familiar to today?

Citation Information

O'Halloran, Thomas J., "Little Rock, Arkansas. Filming high school classes / TOH," September 1958. Courtesy of Library of Congress