Hazel Massery

That 40-year-old picture of hate assailing grace — which had gnawed at Ms. Massery for decades — can now be wiped clean, and replaced by a snapshot of two friends. The apology came from the real Hazel Bryan Massery, the decent woman who had been hidden all those years by a fleeting image. At 16, Hazel had married a schoolmate, Antoine Massery, then dropped out. But Hazel, by now the mother of two and living off a gravel road in South Little Rock, had an intellectually curious ... In the photo, Hazel Bryan, now Hazel Bryan Massery, was the white girl caught in the midst of yelling a racial epithet. The moment depicted in that image continued to reverberate throughout...

In the photo, Hazel Bryan, now Hazel Bryan Massery, was the white girl caught in the midst of yelling a racial epithet. The moment depicted in that image continued to reverberate throughout... Hazel Bryan Massery, who had stayed close to Little Rock, had come to regret her actions at Central High as a 15-year-old. She claimed to have “amnesia” regarding that behavior but acknowledged its caustic effects. Hazel Bryan Massery, who still resides in Little Rock decided soon after the incident to read up on her ignorance; she helped black women in broken marriages; studied Martin Luther King Jr's... Hazel Bryan Massery, a white Arkansas teenager, gained notoriety for confronting Ruby Bridges, one of the first Black children to attend an all-white elementary school. Despite initially protesting Bridges's presence, Massery later expressed remorse and became an advocate for reconciliation. Hazel Bryan Massery (born c.1942) was a student at Little Rock Central High School during the 1950s Civil Rights Movement. She was depicted in an iconic photograph that showed her shouting at Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, during the school integration crisis.

Hazel Bryan Massery, who still resides in Little Rock decided soon after the incident to read up on her ignorance; she helped black women in broken marriages; studied Martin Luther King Jr's... Hazel Bryan Massery, a white Arkansas teenager, gained notoriety for confronting Ruby Bridges, one of the first Black children to attend an all-white elementary school. Despite initially protesting Bridges's presence, Massery later expressed remorse and became an advocate for reconciliation. Hazel Bryan Massery (born c.1942) was a student at Little Rock Central High School during the 1950s Civil Rights Movement. She was depicted in an iconic photograph that showed her shouting at Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, during the school integration crisis. Massery, Hazel Bryan Biography: During the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, AR, Hazel Bryan, a white student, was captured in a photograph yelling at Elizabeth Eckford, an African American student.