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Grave in a Segregated Cemetery

Date: 07 1965
Description: A grave in a segregated cemetery photographed by a civil rights volunteer, who notes that these grounds are cared for "without the benefit of the town's fu...
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Freedom School Students Drinking Coca Cola

Date: 07 1965
Description: Freedom School students photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"A free Coke for all - offered by the new superintendent of schools - helped to create ...

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Billboard Near Highway

Date: 07 1965
Description: Image of a billboard near a road taken by a civil rights volunteer. A man stands in front of the billboard across the road.

"'Martin Luther King at Comm...

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Rear View of Thompson House

Date: 07 1965
Description: Rear view of the home of Mrs. Thompson, who hosted civil rights volunteers in her house.

"Back part of Mrs. Thompson's house. Large fan in the kitchen wi...

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A Return Home

Date: 07 1965
Description: A small group welcomes a returning civil rights volunteer in a parking lot outside the Pennsylvania Railroad station.

"A safe return home after my visit ...

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Lodge Hall

Date: 07 1965
Description: Lodge Hall on Highway 98, photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"Front view of the Lodge Hall (Summit), site of two successful freedom meetings. Prio...

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Lodge Hall

Date: 07 1965
Description: Lodge Hall on Highway 98, photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"Another picture of the Lodge Hall, Summit, the site of our first freedom meetings. [...

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Summit Fourth Sunday Church

Date: 07 1965
Description: A church building photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"The 4th Sunday church of Summit. Rev. Ned Taylor, pastor. After church, Rev. Taylor invited ...

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Summit Second Sunday Church

Date: 07 1965
Description: A church photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"Summit 2nd Sunday church. Rev. Shaw[?] minister. Because a nearby neighbor who was sitting up all nig...

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Rural House

Date: 07 1965
Description: A home canvassed by a civil rights volunteer.

"One of the 'better' homes that was canvassed in Summit. This one could also represent many homes in Hattie...

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A Country Mile

Date: 07 1965
Description: A rural road canvassed and photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"'A country mile' - one road to canvass in Summit, Miss. Actually the shaded part of...

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Man on Road

Date: 07 1965
Description: A man stands on the road outside a home shortly after civil rights volunteers depart from canvassing.

"Leaving a house (on the right) after canvassing. B...

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Ernestine Bishop with Children

Date: 07 1965
Description: A woman and two children, photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"Mrs. Ernestine Bishop, another most courageous freedom worker. Last summer she walk...

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Trunk of Car and House

Date: 07 1965
Description: A car trunk in the foreground frames a house in the background in this image taken by a civil rights volunteer.

"House in background is used by twenty-fi...

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Graves in a Segregated Cemetery

Date: 07 1965
Description: A grave in a segregated cemetery photographed by a civil rights volunteer, who notes that the Caucasian cemetery uses town funding while the African-Americ...
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Government Housing Development

Date: 07 1965
Description: A housing development built to serve the African-American community in McComb, canvassed by civil rights volunteers.

"Government built development in McC...

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School House

Date: 07 1965
Description: A rural schoolhouse photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"A Negro school located outside Gillsburg, Miss. Photographed on our trip to return two MFD...

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Exterior View of Church

Date: 07 1965
Description: An African-American church building located near the African American school, as photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"Photographed on our trip to r...

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Front Porch of Quin House

Date: 07 1965
Description: The meeting place of the MFDP (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party) in McComb, taken by a civil rights volunteer.

"Mrs. Quin's house — the door was the ...

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Alyene Quin and Clare Nesmith

Date: 07 1965
Description: A man and a woman stand next to each other in front of a home in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer.

"Mrs. Alyene Quin, one of the most courageou...

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