The Little Rock Nine, Sandra Noble

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Sandra Noble, artist
The Little Rock Nine, 2012
Where object was made: Warrensville Heights, Ohio, United States
Material/technique: cotton fabric; cotton batting; appliqué; fusing; hand quilting; free-motion machine quilting
Accession number: EL2017.070
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And Still We Rise

1957: Nine African American students are blocked from entering the previously segregated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, on the orders of Governor Orval Faubus. President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders the Arkansas National Guard to escort the “Little Rock Nine” into school, declaring, “Mob rule cannot be allowed to overrule the decisions of the courts.” Despite violent threats against them, several of the Little Rock Nine will graduate. Central High School will later be declared a National Historic Site.

Exhibitions

And Still We Rise
2017