Mimeograph sheet with segregationist language: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Small mimeographed flyer. Black ink on soiled white paper. It features a drawing of Little Rock Central High School and the text [CENTRAL HIGH REFORMATORY / BROTHERHOOD BY SUSPENSION! / SCHOOL OF ONE BLOSSOM, AND IT’S A / DAISY] Discolored throughout. Edge wear throughout, with tears and loss. Two small holes at bottom right.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1957-1959
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Daisy Bates, American, 1914 - 1999
• Type: mimeograph copies
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 15/16 × 5 in. (7.5 × 12.7 cm)
• Place depicted: Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: U.S. History, 1953-1961
• Object number: 2013.46.13.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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