Image:Little Rock Desegregation 1957.jpg

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Description

Original caption states "A photograph taken by Will Counts of Elizabeth Eckford attempting to enter Little Rock School on 4th September, 1957. The girl shouting is Hazel Massery. " See Little Rock Nine for context. This image was runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize for Photography.
Source

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPcounts.htm
Date

4 September 1957
Author

Will Counts, then photographer for the Arkansas Democrat newspaper
Permission
(Reusing this image)

Fair use claimed
Copyrighted This image is a faithful digitalization of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who took the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this Image
  • to illustrate the event or historically notable person(s) in question where:
  • The image depicts a non-reproducible historic event or historically notable person(s), and no free alternative exists or can be created, and
  • The image is low resolution and of no larger and of no higher quality than is necessary for the illustration of an article, and the use of the image on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright,
  • on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.

If this does not accurately describe this image, please remove this tag and provide a different fair use rationale.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

Fair use is claimed for inclusion in the articles relating to the Little Rock Nine, its members and Elizabeth Eckford for the following reasons:

  • The event depicted is of clear historic import
  • This image in particular is considered an iconic image of the historic event
  • No free use image depicting this event exists
Non-free / fair use media rationale for Hazel Massery
Description

(see image description)
Source

(see image description)
Article

Hazel Massery
Portion used

entire photo
Low resolution?

yes
Purpose of use

iconic, famous historical photo. Subject is shown shouting at a school student as her school was integrated, and illustrated for many people the blind hate that some felt at the prospect toward African Americans attending their school. No words or alternate images can easily convey this moment, which came to define the life of the individual depicted, and the civil rights movement overall.
Replaceable?

no
Non-free / fair use media rationale for Elizabeth Eckford
Description

(see image description)
Source

(see image description)
Article

Elizabeth Eckford
Portion used

entire photo
Low resolution?

yes
Purpose of use

iconic, famous historical photo. Subject is shown maintaining calm and dignity in the face of protestors, physical threats, and shouting as she was the first African American student in a newly integrated school. This photo illustrated for many people the blind hate that some felt at the prospect toward African Americans attending their school. No words or alternate images can easily convey this moment, which came to define the life of the individual depicted, and the civil rights movement overall.
Replaceable?

no

File history

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Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment
current16:15, 3 December 2006407×434 (73 KB)LoomisSimmons (Talk | contribs) (Fair use; it's the same shot, just a clearer, larger one.)
14:45, 10 October 2006516×310 (70 KB)Hayfordoleary (Talk | contribs) (Enhanced image and removed border.)
07:21, 19 December 2004520×314 (36 KB)Hydriotaphia (Talk | contribs) (public domain from http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPcounts.htm)

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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop 7.0
File change date and time 21:38, 4 September 2003
Color space sRGB