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International Harvester Company and Tractor Works

Date: 1911
Description: View across wet field towards the International Harvester Company and Tractor Works buildings.
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Frame 06: Police March Down Street

Date: 01 22 1964
Description: A group of Hattiesburg police officers wearing helmets and carrying batons walk in formation down a street in the rain at a Freedom Day on their way to For...
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Frame 21: Police Grabbing Girl by Arm - She is Not Intimidated

Date: 07 16 1964
Description: Police drag away 15-year-old Annie Lee Turner. Officers are wearing helmets and holding batons. A couple of men with cameras are walking towards the person...
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Frame 71: Outdoor Demonstration

Date: 1964
Description: A long line of protesters standing on a sidewalk hold signs calling for voting rights and civil rights. One sign reads, "We Are Not Allowed to Vote".
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Frame 19: "We Want to Vote"

Date: 1964
Description: Two men holding protest signs are walking down a sidewalk past a white police officer who is holding a bullhorn at a Greenwood Freedom Day. In the backgrou...
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Frame 01: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Date: 1964
Description: This filmstrip frame shows an outline of the state of Mississippi and the words: "Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party". The Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
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Frame 20: People Lined Up At Courthouse and Cops

Date: 1964
Description: A line of predominantly African-American people likely outside of the Leflore County Courthouse, probably at a voter registration drive. Caucasian law enfo...
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Frame 78: Line Up with Signs

Date: 1964
Description: A group of young people on a sidewalk protesting with signs in support of the MFDP.
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Frame 32: Men and Women Working on Construction Project

Date: 1964
Description: Three people work on a community construction project. All three support a beam while the man in the foreground hammers a nail into it.
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William Dewey Reviewing Filmstrips

Date: 11 07 1953
Description: William Dewey, originator and producer at Visual Education Consultants, Inc., reviews filmstrips.
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Frame 07: Destroyed Church

Date: 09 20 1964
Description: A man stands inside the ruins of a church building. When printed in the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Education Fund Report, vol. II, no. 1, this photograph...
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Nichols School Fifth Grade Classroom

Date: 11 10 1953
Description: The Nichols School fifth grade class looks at a filmstrip created by Visual Education Consultants. The screen shows a picture of the scale model of the ori...
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Frame 40: Moses and Press at State Meeting

Date: 08 06 1964
Description: Audience and stage with a banner that reads "Freedom Democratic Party" at the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) State Convention.
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Frame 44: White Man Testifying on Television

Date: 08 1964
Description: A television set displays an image of a man seated at a desk covered in papers and microphones, likely at the 1964 Democratic National Convention where the...
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Frame 47: FDP Supporters Demonstrating on Boardwalk

Date: 08 1964
Description: An integrated group of mostly young people sitting on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Many of them are holding signs showing support for the Mississippi Freed...
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Frame 48: Demonstration at Night

Date: 08 1964
Description: A nighttime rally outside the Atlantic City Convention Hall in support of seating the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the 1964 Democratic Na...
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Frame 18: Young People Discussing

Date: 1964
Description: A group of people fill out papers.
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Frame 15: Concerned Father Holding Child

Date: 1964
Description: A man holds a young girl in his arms.
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Frame 16: Men with Clipboards

Date: 1964
Description: Four men sit on pews examining paper on clipboards. Behind them, Bob Moses talks with a woman.
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Frame 17: Young Man Speaking of Freedom

Date: 1964
Description: A man gestures with both hands, lit from above.

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