Mar 10, 2011 - Sale 2239

Sale 2239 - Lot 257

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(CIVIL RIGHTS--SEGREGATION.) Integration in the South, 1950s-1960s. Group of 14 gelatin silver prints, various sizes; Magnum and other stamps on the reverse. Vp, 1950s-1960s

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A mixed group, including Arkansas governor Orville Faubus of Little Rock High School fame. Faubus defied a federal order to integrate Little Rock's school system, causing then-President Eisenhower to send in federal troops to enforce the order.