Monday, October 19, 2009

Life Magazine Photos from the 1950s & 1960s

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1957 photo of a Chicago married couple (Dr. Clyde Phillips and his wife) from the Life Magazine story about housing discrimination.

The 30s and 40s pictures from Life Magazine I posted earlier were great, but I LOVE the 1950s and 1960s. The pictures in this post are absolutely wonderful!

Students talking in 1956 Sturgis, Kentucky.


Mothers at a 1950 Harlem debutante cotillion ball.


1950 debutante cotillion in Harlem.


Portrait from a 1950 Harlem debutante ball.


Portrait from a 1950 Harlem debutante ball.





Women talking in 1956 Sturgis, Kentucky.


Students talking in 1956 Sturgis, Kentucky.

1957 Chicago.





One of my favorite books in 4th or 5th grade was an autobiographical novel called Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry about the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. To find this picture of Minniejean Brown, the author of the novel, and the National Guard from 1957 in front of the school was amazing!



1957 Chicago.


A 1958 North Carolina family walking to school.

1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, students.


1958 Greensville dance.


1958 students in Charlottesville.


1957. Little Rock, Arkansas in front of Central high school.

1959. Norfolk, Va. Jean Reed and her mother. From a Life Magazine story about university integration.


1959 Norfolk, Va college integration.


A black student eating alone following a university integration in Norfolk, VA.

Students dancing in 1958.


1964 Cincinnati principal and his students dining.

1967. Little Rock, Arkansas.

1964. Students headed to Rockefeller Foundation Negro College Aid event.





1960 Petersburg, Va student.




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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 20, 2009 at 4:23 AM

    What a fantastic collection of photos. The ones showing ignorance and fear are still shocking to me and make me feel sad. How brave were those students who 'integrated' despite it though?!!! The others are beautiful photos I have not seen before and I truly enjoyed. Such style in the 'old days'! Long live 'vintage'!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 20, 2009 at 11:13 AM

    wow... this was "on-time." Awesomeness! -Bee, one half of "After These Messages"

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  3. modest-goddessMarch 25, 2010 at 10:41 AM

    Mildred Taylor wrote Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

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