More than 20 objects tied to the desegregation of Little Rock
Central High School in Arkansas during the Civil Rights Movement will be
added to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
The memorabilia, which includes a yearbook,
photographs, a graduation dress, a personal letter from President Dwight
D. Eisenhower and a notice of suspension was donated by Minnijean Brown
Trickey.
"These objects tell a rich and significant
American education and civil rights story," Margaret Salazar-Porzio, a
curator in the museum's home and community life division said in a
statement released today. "Minnijean's donation provides texture to the
experience of integration and segregation in the American South."
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