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Elizabeth And Hazel

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'Elizabeth and Hazel'

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RUNING HEAD; Elizabeth and Hazel

The story, Elizabeth and Hazel is a story that was born from a photograph taken outside

of Little Rock Central High School on September 4 of 1957 that was taken by a 26-year-old Will

Counts, a Central graduate, the resultant photograph quickly became one of the most

ineradicable images of the civil-rights era. Documentaries on the Nine African-American

students ends where David Margolick’s impending book, Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of

Little Rock, starts. Beginning with the photograph, the book’s scope grows greater and greater

until it resolves on the intricate relationship that developed between Elizabeth and Hazel.

This story led to a surge of civil rights movements in the United States. In the case of being a

symbolic of contemporary race relations in the United States, the story revealed the level of

racism that had curbed the country at that time of the century.

This picture aroused several reactions, all which were directed to the anger in Hazels, face. A

teenage girl, who was angry about a black girl, Elizabeth being admitted to her school. The story

represented white recalcitrance for nearly the half a century. I believe that the story is not a

representative of the structures of power at work today but an event of white recalcitrance that

affected the lives of two girls who were of different races and backgrounds. These girls were

victims of the racial discrimination that was dominant in the United States in the last century.

Some individuals will view this story as an anomaly, a thing of the past but this is not the case.

The story is an historical emblem of the racial segregation during the past century. A vital

historical event that helped shape the life of Hazel, despite Elizabeth’s hard life after the

photograph was taken. Later on, Hazel became remorseful of her actions that day and later on

builds a friendship with Elizabeth while working on their differences.

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1 RUNING HEAD; Elizabeth and Hazel 'Elizabeth and Hazel' Name Course Tutor Date 2 RUNING HEAD; Elizabeth and Hazel The story, Elizabeth and Hazel is a story that was born from a photograph taken outside of Little Rock Central High School on September 4 of 1957 that was taken by a 26-year-old Will Counts, a Central graduate, the resultant photograph quickly became one of the most ineradicable images of the civil-rights era. Documentaries on the Nine African-American students ends where David Margolick’s impending book, Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock, starts. Beginning with the photograph, the book’s scope grows greater and greater until it resolves on the intricate relationship that developed between Elizabeth and Hazel. This story led to a surge of civil rights movements in the United States. In the case of being a symbolic of contemporary race relations in the ...
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