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Freedom School Class

Date: 1964
Description: A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College ...
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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
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Daisy Bates Standing Behind Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Daisy Bates, the head of the Arkansas NAACP, stands behind seven of the Little Rock Nine, who are seated on a sofa in her living room. They have assembled ...
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Aileen Brewer and Students

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Description: Aileen Brewer going over paperwork with two students at Edisto Island Citizenship Schools.
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Wadmalaw Island Citizenship Group

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Description: Two women at the blackboard during a Wadmalaw Island citizenship group evening class.
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Civil Rights Group Meeting near Highlander Lake

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Description: Civil rights group meeting in field at Highlander Lake. Fifth from the left, Charlotte Meacham, American Friends Service Committee, former Highlander stud...
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Students Tour Hospital Delivery Room

Date: 01 23 1968
Description: Students wearing face masks and sterile gowns visit the delivery room at Doctors Hospital as part of a family living class. The student on the right who is...
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Power Sewing Class

Date: 01 16 1967
Description: Instructor Ida Mussa (left) assists student Victoria Vega in a power sewing class at Milwaukee Vocational School. Vega is sewing an apron on a Singer sewin...
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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...
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Shall We Dance?

Date: 02 1988
Description: Five students in costume are dancing while several adults are looking on. Caption reads: "SHALL WE DANCE? Children practiced an Asian dance before performi...
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Jason Boyd

Date: 06 15 1989
Description: A high school student in cap and gown is hugging a woman. Caption reads: "END OF THE ROAD — Jason Boyd hugged the mother of a fellow graduate after Riversi...
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Thanksgiving Dinner in Class

Date: 11 21 1967
Description: A woman is carving a turkey, which is on a table full of many dishes. Several children are sitting and looking on from behind their desks. Caption reads: "...
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Pottery Class

Date: 1970
Description: A woman is throwing a pot on the wheel in a pottery class.
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Cookout Celebration

Date: 07 07 1989
Description: Four men are standing and sitting at a picnic table while holding pieces of paper and talking. Behind them groups of people are relaxing. Caption reads: "C...
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Friendly Greeting

Date: 08 1975
Description: A teacher welcoming a kindergarten child on his first day of school with Mom adding moral support. The classroom is in Pewaukee Elementary School.
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High School Job Fair

Date: 05 14 1968
Description: Three young women are sitting on one side of a table facing two men and a woman, whose backs are to the camera. Similar arrangements of groups are in the b...

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