Outfit worn by Carlotta Walls to Little Rock Central High School
date: label: Date
content: 1957
name: label: Created by
content: Sportswear by Sheinberg
label: Worn by
content: Carlotta Walls LaNier, American, born 1942
label: Subject of
content: Little Rock Central High School, American, founded 1927
notes: label: Caption
content: Carlotta Walls LaNier was the youngest of the nine students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School in September, 1957. She wore this matching skirt and blouse to the first day of school, which was also the first day she was turned away.
label: Description
content: This outfit was worn by Carlotta Walls LaNier during the "Little Rock Crisis" of 1957 at Little Rock Central High School. The outfit consists of a skirt and blouse in a matching alphabetical print of blue, teal, and white on a black background. The blouse fastens with small black buttons, has a pointed collar and short sleeves that tie into bows at the cuffs. The skirt is full and has several pleats at the waist.
place: label: Place used
content: Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carlotta Walls LaNier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.117.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: shirts
label: Type
content: skirts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton with plastic buttons
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (top): 22 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (57.8 x 59.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (skirt): 27 x 41 in. (68.6 x 104.1 cm)