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| Description: | Rev. C.T. Vivian, a nationally prominent civil rights leader. Although unidentified, it is thought that he is speaking at an event sponsored by the Nation... |
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| Description: | Unidentified protest march, with the banner of the Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice (SOC) in front. The banner of the Milwauk... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Victory celebration for Eddie Carthan, the black activist mayor of Tchula, Mississippi. Carthan was convicted on charges of robbery and murder in 1981. Thi... |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Eddie Carthan, the black mayor of Tchula, Mississippi, seen at the party celebrating the commutation of his sentence. Carthan was jailed on charges thought... |
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| Description: | Women of the Haywood Handicrafters, a civil rights project established for black women in Haywood County, Tennessee. Many of these women had been subject ... |
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| Description: | Anne Braden and Rev. Ben Chavis at an SOC (Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Human Welfare) event. Braden and Chavis were founding members a... |
| Date: | 05 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a speaking event featuring Julian Bond at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, May 22, 1971. Features a picture of Bond. Eve... |
| Date: | 11 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster created by SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), advocating support of prison rebellions, and the abolishment of alleged racist prison terror. Fe... |
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| Description: | Myles Horton and Zilphia Horton reviewing some written materials at Highlander Folk School. |
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| Description: | Eleanor Roosevelt, on left, shaking hands with Mrs. Jennings Perry, standing. May Justus is on the right. At Highlander Folk School. Possibly part of 25th ... |
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| Description: | Thorsten and Myles Horton, sitting on left, watching Rosa Parks, standing and speaking at Highlander Folk School. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Recruitment poster for a Soviet Jewry Freedom Bus, advocating the liberation of the Soviet Jewish population. Features large chain links and the phrase "Le... |
| Date: | 04 1972 |
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| Description: | Sign board used for protest in the wake of the Sterling Hall bombing that reads, "AMRC The Real Murderers,"in watercolor. |
| Date: | 05 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a public speech by Dick Gregory, African American comedian and civil rights activist. Event took place May 19, 1972 at the University of... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Flyer that says: "Gotta Get Rid of Sex Laws". The meeting was to be held at Lysistrata, corner of Gorham Street and Broom Streets. Includes the symbols ... |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi, seen wearing sunglasses in the middle of a crowd, leads a demonstration against discrimination. |
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| Description: | Robert Zellner with people involved in the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. From left to right are Larry Rubin, Matthew Jones, Robert Zellner, M... |
| Date: | 03 2002 |
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| Description: | Congressman Michael Forbes, an unidentified woman, and Robert Zellner pose in front of the Martin Luther King, Jr. monument in front of the Brown Chapel Ba... |
| Date: | 03 2007 |
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| Description: | A group of people holding a banner while marching down a road as they take part in the Faith and Politics Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Selma. |
| Date: | 03 1965 |
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| Description: | Ralph Helstein (second from the left), the president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with other union leaders on the first day of the civil ... |
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