Shirley Martin seated next to a tree on the lawn of Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery, Alabama.

She was one of the first three African American students to attend the school. The integration took place in September 1964, when Shirley was a senior. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "Montgomery's First Year of School Integration" by Geoffrey Cowan, which appea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/8472