School Desegregation – Object #2 – Arkansas Primary Source Sets

Siloam, Greene County, Georgia. Classroom in the School

<p>There are 6 students in a classroom. One student is at the blackboard, while the other 5 students are seated in individual desks.</p>

In October of 1941, Jack Delano photographed a number of schools in Greene County, Georgia. These photos included this image of white students appearing in a school classroom prior to the Brown v Board of Education decision.

Questions:

What is the first thing you notice in the photograph? What time period does this photo appear to be from? What is the physical setting? Does this setting seem desirable to you? Does the setting seem familiar to you?What do you notice about the children in the photograph? What is the climate in the photograph? Is this a comfortable setting? Why might the photographer find interest in such a photo?

Citations

Delano, Jack, photographer. Siloam, Greene County, Georgia. Classroom in the school. October 1941. Farm Security Administration- Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division