Small Shoes, Great Strides American Stories water-resistant

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Selected for Honorable Mention in the Exhibition Catalogue category of the 2014 New England Museum Association Publication Awards

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Orignially created as an advertisement for ATO

” The variety of poses used for the old men and dog allowed Rockwell to achieve specific moods

Small Shoes, Great Strides American Stories water-resistantOn November 14, 1960, first graders Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Etienne stepped into history by going to school. Escorted by U. S. Marshals and facing swarms of shouting protestors, they became the first children in New Orleans to integrate a previously all white school, just ten minutes before Ruby Bridges. Like Ruby, the trio faced crowds of protestors fighting against public school desegregation efforts and relied on US Marshals to keep