Outfit worn by Carlotta Walls to Little Rock Central High School
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Outfit worn by Carlotta Walls to Little Rock Central High School

Sportswear by Sheinberg · 1957

cotton with plastic buttons
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Carlotta Walls LaNier was the youngest of the nine students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School in September, 1957. She wore this matching skirt and blouse to the first day of school, which was also the first day she was turned away.

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