Add to ORKGPress release attached: Little Rock Nine and friends at NAACP\u27s 49th annual convention in Cleveland, left to right, standing: Roberts, Thelma Mothershed, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, Kivie Kaplan, Minnijean Brown, Ernest Green, Mrs. L. C. Bates, Dr. James E. Levy; seated, Carlotta Walls, Melba Patillo and Elizabeth Eckford. Spingarn Medal was awarded to the teenage students and to Mrs. Bates, their mentor, for their heroic role in breaking the color bar at Little Rock\u27s Central High School. Mr. Kaplan of Boston is co-chairman of the NAACP life membership committee. Dr. Levy is president of the Association\u27s Cleveland branch, host to the convention.https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-0445-hooks-gallery1/1212/thumbnail.j...
