changes occurred, such as a black
student being allowed to enter a previously white only college, Life
magazine editors did not really know how to address the issue.
The February 8 issue continued one picture of a black student sitting
with the enrollment staff of Clemson College, working on the student's
enrollment paperwork. The photographers caught the student's intrepedation
at the prospect of joining the college while the words tried to communicate
a different message. The young student is sitting across from the
enrollment dean, slightly hunched, and scratching the back of his head. His
body language says that he is not sure of this process. The young man does
not express fear outright, but his posture and gesture says that he is
terrified by what his is doing. None the less, the young man is admitted
without clash of wills or demonstrations. He becomes the first black man
The enrollment dean and the photographer both seem to want to
communicate that this event is no big deal. The deans smiling face,
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