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Hank Aaron at Bat

Date: 04 01 1955
Description: Henry "Hank" Aaron at bat during a Milwaukee Braves pre-season game.
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Tuskegee Institute Machine Shop

Date: 1902
Description: The machine shop at the "Normal School for Negroes" or the Tuskegee Institute in action. The students are diligently working at the machinery in the shop.
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Celebration at Home of Mary Virginia McCormick

Date: 1923
Description: "Kildare", home of Mary Virginia McCormick. A large crowd is gathered on the lawn in front of the house, possibly as part of a birthday celebration for Mar...
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Kildare, Home of Mary Virginia McCormick

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Description: Kildare, home of Mary Virginia McCormick.
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Alabama Black Community

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Description: Stilted houses on a block of an African American community in Alabama.
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Farmers Union Member at Courthouse

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Description: Farmers Union member in a courthouse meeting in Alabama.
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Smelter Workers Union Member

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Description: A Smelter Workers Union member, wearing a headlamp.
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Farmers Union Ladies Quilting

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Description: Farmers Union ladies quilting. A sign in the background reads, "Mt. Pelia". In Weakley County.
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Textile Workers Strike

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Description: Textile workers strike in Alabama. Signs in back read, "This Company Is Unfair To The Laboring Class + It Is Your Fight As Well As Ours. Don't Scab. Dal...
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Alabama Textile Workers Conference

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Description: Image caption reads: "Textile workers conference, Central Alabama, 1939-seated back row Weatherspoon, next Zilphia Horton, next Alabama director, behind po...
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Farmers Union Workshop Session

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Description: Farmers Union workshop at Southern Alabama. Tom Ludwig is third from the right. They are possibly recording a conversation.
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Man Holding Baby at Farmers Union Workshop

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Description: Two men sitting, one holding a baby in his arms, attending a Farmers Union Workshop.
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Workers Take a Break from Building Farmers Union Coop

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Description: Workers taking a break from building Farmers Union coop.
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Alabama Farmers Union Meeting

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Description: A man with a short tie standing up during an Alabama Farmers Union Meeting. An image in the background reads, "Peace, Abundance, Security, and Democracy f...
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United Rubber Workers Conference

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Description: Rubber workers Educational Conference. Fifth from left in front row, Zilphia Horton, sixth from left is Mr. Lewis, the Educational Director for the Rubber ...
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Soul Roots Festival Dance Interpretation

Date: 04 1968
Description: Dance interpretation of "Down on Me," a spiritual, as part of the Soul Roots Festival, April 26-27. Silhouettes of dancers with their arms raised.
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Soul Roots Festival Performance

Date: 04 1968
Description: Clown Mathis, dancing to the song "Steal Away" during a performance at the Soul Roots Festival, April 26-27.
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Willie Rudd

Date: 1991
Description: Willie Rudd, president of the United Furniture Workers Local 282 as well as the national union, at a SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) labor conference i...
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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...
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Gwen Patten

Date: 1991
Description: Gwen Patton reporting on the Southern Rainbow Education Project to a conference called by the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC).

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