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Left to right: Steve Allen, Dorothy Fields and Oscar Hammerstein II, await their turn in the Federal Court House in New York, Sept. 17, 1956, before a...

Steve Poster, 17-year-olds, is surrounded by a crowd which prevented him from entering Texarkana Junior College, Texarkana, Texas, Sept. 10, 1956. Pos...

These are some of the 15 men that were released from the Clinton jail after spending 36 hours in custody in connection with violence at Oliver Springs...

W.J. Kennedy, from near Clinton, said he is taking his daughter, Dolores, 15, right, out of Clinton High School on Sept. 6, 1956, because he feels, it...

One of the 15 men jailed by National Guardsmen who broke up a riot at Oliver Springs, Tennessee pounced on a newsreel cameraman and his helper after t...

Two National Guardsmen sit in white radio jeep before Clinton jail on Sept. 5, 1956 during lull in rioting over school integration. On back seat is SP...

Rev. D.W. Clark, vicar of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Fort Worth, Texas, spoke to an anti-integration crowd in Mansfield, Texas, Sept. 4, 1956....

A small crowd set up a watch at the high school to try and keep any black students that might appear from registering in Mansfield High School in Mans...

White students enter Mansfield High School in Mansfield, Texas, as a crowd of anti-integrationists kept watch for any black students that might want t...

J.L. Curry, cafe operator at Mansfield, Texas reads a letter to reporters which he said was from 12 black students saying they did not want to enroll...

These two effigies were hanged from the flag tower at Fulton High School in Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1956. The signs read, "This is Fulton's first n...

J.L. Curry, cafe operator at Mansfield, Tex., reads a letter to reporters which he said was from 12 black students saying they did not want to enroll...

Tennessee guardsmen hustled an unidentified man away from the scene of a big gathering crowd in Clinton, Tennessee on Sept. 3, 1956, in front of the A...

Wearing gas masks and with fixed bayonets, Tennessee National guardsmen stood ready to repel any of the demonstrating mob that may approach them in C...

The serious expressions of the Tennessee guardsmen is contrasted with the carnival attitude of spectators lining the Clinton sidewalks on Sept. 3, 195...

One of the Tennessee National Guard jeeps that patrolled the streets of Clinton on Sept. 3, 1956. A belt of live ammunition was draped over the mounte...

A youth on a bicycle got a close look at a National Guard tank which took up a guard position at the Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee on Sept...

With tears streaming down their faces, a young boy and girl milled about the Anderson County courthouse in Clinton, Tennessee on Sept. 2, 1956 after p...

An unidentified African American sailor faced an angry threatening mob in violence-torn Clinton and had to be rescued by a National Guardsmen who hel...

Tanks and men of the National Guard passed the Anderson County Courthouse as they came into this riot-torn city in Clinton, Tennessee on Sept. 2, 1956...

A man, who said his name was Thomas B. Millican, of Rockwood, Tennessee gave police a rough time when they arrested him for disturbing the peace in Cl...

An Unidentified African American ailor was rescued by National Guardsmen as an angry mob threatened him in Clinton, Tennessee on Sept. 2, 1956. There...

An Unidentified African American sailor was rescued by National Guardsmen as an angry mob threatened him in Clinton, Tennessee on Sept. 2, 1956. There...

An unidentified Cleveland, Ohio, African American ran down a street to the jeers and chasing of an angry white mob in Clinton, Tennessee on Sept. 1,...

A big milling mob gathered on the Anderson County courthouse lawn and challenged the city police which was beefed up with about 25 citizen volunteers...

Some of the 100 Tennessee Highway Patrolmen rushed after a big crowd got out of hand are keeping traffic moving in Clinton, Tennessee on Sept. 1, 1956...

An unruly mob, fired to new frenzy by Alabama White Citizens Council leader Asa E. Carter, stops a car with black tourists inside, in Clinton, Tenn.,...

Schoolchildren, who registered at the Mansfield, Tex., High School, look at writings on a car along the school grounds, Aug. 31, 1956. Citizens of thi...

A black man hanging in effigy from main entrance of school building at Mansfield, Texas, Aug. 31, 1956, greeted schoolchildren on registration day, in...

A blistering attack on Republican atomic energy policies is made by Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee in Chicago on August 10, 1956, delaying the Democra...

Two hopeful young actresses listen eagerly to Oscar Hammerstein during a curtain call for "Pipe Dream", June 29, 1956. The young women were among tho...

The Churchill family turns out in force to welcome former President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. TBess Truman to Chartwell, the former British Prime Minis...

Norwegian skating Star Sonja Henie poses with shipping magnate Niels Onstad after their marriage at his home in New York, United States on June 9, 195...

Ingrid Bergman is snapped from all sides by a crowd of photographers at Cannes, May 16, 1956. She was one of the attractions at the film festival on t...

Cecil Beaton, versatile British designer, photographer and decorator, lounges on a chaise longue in the living room of his New York, United States, ap...

West German President Theodor Heuss; Sir Winston Churchill; Lady Clementine Churchill and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at Villa Hammerschmid...

These three African-American women and child are principals in the school integration dispute and are in an ante-room waiting to attend a session of t...

Song writing team of Richard Rodgers, seated, and Oscar Hammerstei II, standing, second from left, gather at Piano with fellow alumni as the are honor...

Actress Ingrid Bergman in costume for "Elena et les Hommes" ("Elena And Her Men") in France, Feb. 21, 1956. (AP Photo/Jean-Jacques Levy)

Eight representatives of the Canadian boy scouts wave from tug on which they toured Pearl Harbor on Jan. 26, 1956 by special permission of the chief o...

Attending premiere of motion picture "Oklahoma" at the Rivoli Theater of Broadway in New York on Oct. 12, 1955, from left are Richard Rodgers, who wr...

At movie premier of "Oklahoma" at Rivoli Theatre in New York City on Oct. 11, 1955, from left to right Richard Rodgers; Dr. Brian O'Brien of the Unive...

Boy Scouts from region 8 in the United States - Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri - perform a version of an Indian war dance before scouts repre...

Tents erected along the shores of Lake Ontario on August 20, 1955, site of the 8th World Jamboree. More than 10,000 Boy Scouts from 66 countries are q...

Boy Scouts from Italy prepare their camp for Eighth World Jamboree while scouts from Mexico lend a vocal hand in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario on Augus...

Adolph Zukor, center, board chairman of Paramount Pictures Corp., receives insignia after being named Chevalier of the Order of Leopold "in recognitio...

Scouts from New Zealand arrived at Naples, Italy on June 14, 1955 aboard the RMS "Orion" en route to London and Canada. In Canada they will attend the...

Sir Winston Churchill, victorious, raises his hand but not in the famous v-sign- as he stands, with Lady Churchill beside him, after retaining Woodfor...

Sir Winston Churchill (cigar in hand) leaves Villa Politi hotel in Syracuse on April 21, 1955 accompanied by Franke Clarke, his friend and owner of a...

British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, hat in hand, pauses near Ropemakers Cave in Syracuse, Sicily on April 20, 1955, as he is serenaded with...