Little Rock Nine and Daisy Bates posed in living room during the turmoil of the federally enforced desegregation of Central High School. Bottom row, left to right: Thelma Mothershed, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Gloria Ray; Top row, left to right:

Clockwise from left rear, the volunteers recruited to desegregate Central High: Jefferson Thomas, Melba Pattillo, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Arkansas NAACP president Daisy Bates, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray, Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Thelma Mothershed. (Everett Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)