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Emmett Till Trial

Date: 09 19 1955
Description: Roy Bryant, and his half-brother J.W. Milam, (left to right) with their attorney on the opening day of their trial for the murder of Emmett Till. The 14-ye...
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Daisy Bates

Date: 04 1963
Description: Daisy Bates seated at a desk in the NAACP office.
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Rebecca Chalmers Barton

Date: 07 08 1953
Description: Portrait of Rebecca Chalmers Barton, Director of the Wisconsin Governor's Commission on Human Rights, seated at her desk.
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Jackson Woolworth's Lunch Counter Sit-in

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: Civil rights activist Walter Williams lying face down on the floor near the lunch counter at Woolworths, where he was taking part in a sit-in. He had just ...
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The Bates's with Reporters

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Description: The Bates's with reporters.

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