'A curious kid': dallascowboys owner Jerry Jones on Thursday night addressed the 1957 photo showing him among a group of white students confronting Black students.
The photo, shot by the Associated Press in 1957, shows a group of Black students trying to integrate classes at North Little Rock High School when Jones was a 15-year-old sophomore.Sign up for NBC DFW newslettersAP Photo | William P. Straeter | NBCDFW.com
Little Rock was at the center of the civil rights movement at the time, and Arkansas schools were desegrated soon after the photo of Jones was taken.AP Photo | William P. Straeter
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