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Walking is a Crime in Alabama

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Description: Poster showing a priest behind bars above the text: "Walking Is A Crime In Alabama!" Other text reads: "Demand Federal Protection of Civil Rights." The pos...
Photograph

Rev. Joseph Lowery

Date: 1991
Description: Rev. Joseph Lowery, minister, civil rights leader, and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), speaking to a conference sponsored...
Photograph

Anne Braden and Ben Chavis

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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...
Photograph

James Forman

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Description: James Forman, noted civil rights activist, smoking a cigarette. Forman was known for his work in SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and as th...
Poster

Register To Vote Flier

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Description: A flier featuring the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) logo of two hands, one black, one white, grasped together. The text below reads: "Re...
Poster

Angela Davis

Date: 1972
Description: Poster with an image of Angela Davis. Her mouth is open as if speaking the words from the text printed on the black area that represents her hair. The text...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

SNCC News Release

Date: 1963
Description: News release from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Atlanta, Georgia for immediate release in Greenville, Mississippi with the headli...

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