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Milwaukee Public School Board Walk Out

Date: 01 21 1964
Description: Lloyd Barbee, NAACP state president, walking out of a Milwaukee Public School Board meeting when Chairman Harold W. Story refused to allow the participatio...
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Outdoor Meeting at Highlander School

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Description: A group of people sitting on the grass and chairs outdoors for a meeting with the Highlander Library in the background. From left to right: Father of Myles...
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Outdoor Meeting at Highlander Folk School

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Description: Four people have an informal meeting outdoors at Highlander School. Three of them are seated on the grass and one is seated on a chair. Myles Horton on the...
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Highlander Folk School Staff Meeting

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Description: Highlander staff meeting: left to right; Tom Ludwig, Myles Horton, Catherine Winston, Zilphia Horton.
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Meeting in Tennessee during CIO period

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Description: Meeting in Tennessee during CIO period, on a street.
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CIO Meeting at Highlander

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Description: Three men smoking cigarettes around a table, as part of a CIO meeting at Highlander Folk School.
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Public Community Meeting at Horton House

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Description: Public Community meeting at Horton House: Mom Horton, extreme left; Julia Maybee, next to her; J.D. Marlowe, a neighbor, third from right with cap on, Myle...
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Eleanor Roosevelt with Zilphia and Myles Horton

Date: 1957
Description: From left: Zilphia Horton, Myles Horton, and Mrs. Roosevelt at a Highlander conference in connection with the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.
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Early CIO Session at Highlander

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Description: Zilphia Horton leading songs at Highlander during an early union CIO session. Charlie Wilson, board member, extreme right, next to him is his wife Frankie....
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Myles Horton and Grace Hamilton

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Description: Myles Horton and Grace Towns Hamilton during an Urban League meeting at Highlander Folk School.
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United Nations Workshop

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Description: Five women are sitting and one man is standing in the Highlander Library. The UN Charter is displayed behind them.
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United Nations Workshop

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Description: Five people in front of a chalkboard with the heading: "World Federation of Trade Unions."

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