How does this photograph of black teenager Elizabeth Eckford trying to enter the all-white Central High School in 1957 most contradict the traditional image of the 1950s?
A) The photograph shows that racial integration was peaceful in a decade of turmoil.
B) The photograph demonstrates that teenagers were civically engaged in a time of complacency.
C) The photograph reveals that people in the 1950s took divergent political paths in a time of unanimity.
D) The photograph challenges the image of the 1950s as a tranquil period of ideological consensus.

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The photograph of Elizabeth Eckford being barred from entering Central High School and facing a hostile crowd contradicts the traditional image of the 1950s as a peaceful and ideologically unified era, highlighting the racial tensions and conflicts over civil rights.

How Does This Photograph of Black Teenager Elizabeth Eckford Trying