Dorothy Counts
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Dorothy "Dot" Counts-Scoggins is an American civil rights pioneer who was one of the first black students admitted to Harry P. Harding High School during school integration in the United States. After
Counts walks to school on her first day, amid jeers from other students. (Photo by Douglas Martin, winner of 1957 World Press Photo of the Year)
The World Press Photo of the Year award is part of the World Press Photo Awards, organized by the Dutch foundation World Press Photo.
Dorothy Counts
…front of her feet—and that students formed walls but parted ways at the last instant to allow her to walk past. Photographer Douglas Martin won the 1957 World Press Photo of the Year with an image of Counts being mocked by a crowd on her first day of school. After entering the building, she went into the auditorium to sit with her…
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