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Select two different people from Photograph A on the top left. Draw a line from each person you chose to “Person 1” and “Person 2” (below), then write a sentence from each person’s perspective describing what he or she might be feeling or thinking about the integration occurring on their school’s campus. Repeat the exercise with Photograph B below. Photograph A: African-American students walking through a crowd of white students at Clinton High School. Clinton, Tennessee, 1956 Person 1: ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Person 2: ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Photograph B: An armed member of the National Guard observing Clinton High School as students stand on its steps and lawn. Clinton, Tennessee, 1956. Person 1: ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Person 2: ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

U.S. News & World Report Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division  

School Integration Thought Bubbles  

Photograph A

Photograph B