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Martin Luther King, Jr. During Bus Ride

Date: 12 21 1956
Description: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. riding a bus with white Methodist minister Glenn Smiley during the Montgomery bus integration struggle. The man seated in fro...
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Dombrowski Leaves Jail

Date: 1948
Description: James Dombrowski (center), head of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW), leaving the Birmingham jail with Doris Senk and the Rev. C. Herbert Ol...
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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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Robert Zellner and Michael Forbes

Date: 03 2002
Description: Congressman Michael Forbes, an unidentified woman, and Robert Zellner pose in front of the Martin Luther King, Jr. monument in front of the Brown Chapel Ba...
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Birmingham Movement Leaders

Date: 04 1962
Description: Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, (in bow tie) and Rev. J.S. Phifer, congratulate each other after their release from jail. The two men had been imprisoned together...
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SCEF Conference

Date: 04 1962
Description: A voter registration panel at a SCEF (Southern Conference Educational Fund) conference. Seated at the table are Hosea L. Williams, W.P. Mitchell of the Tus...
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SCEF Conference

Date: 04 1962
Description: Bishop Edgar A Love, chairman of SCEF (Southern Conference Educational Fund) listens while Dorthy Vails, a leader of the Talladega College SNCC engages in ...
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SCEF Leaders

Date: 04 1962
Description: James Dombrowski, (left), executive director of SCEF, the Southern Conference Educational Fund, and Bishop Edgar A. Love, SCEF chairman, during a meeting.
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We Shall Overcome... (Selma '65)

Date: 1965
Description: Holiday card showing the Civil Rights March on Selma, Alabama, in 1965. The Christmas star shines overhead and has glitter on it. The card has a red border...
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Line of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A group of people wait in line and fill out papers on tables outdoors near a building at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organizati...
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Line of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A line of African-American men and women wait in a line that approaches tables outdoors at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organiza...
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Group of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A large group of people gathered outdoors on a lawn at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organization). There are buildings in the ba...
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Line of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A line of predominantly African-American men and women waiting in a line at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organization). In the b...
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Group of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A large group of people gathered outdoors on a lawn at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organization). There are buildings in the ba...
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Women Seated at Table

Date: 1966
Description: Two women are outdoors seated at a table in front of a building, surrounded by several people. One of the women is holding a document in her hands, showing...
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Line of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A line of people behind a rope wait near tables outdoors near a building at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organization). In the f...
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Group Being Filmed

Date: 1966
Description: A group of African-American men and women, probably voter registration volunteers, stand in a line outdoors in front of a building at a primary election fo...
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Group of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A large group of people standing outdoors at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organization). There is a building in the background.
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Group with Film Camera

Date: 1966
Description: Several people, probably voter registration volunteers, stand outdoors in front of a building near tables and chairs at a primary election for the LCFO (Lo...
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Group of People Posing Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: Several people, probably voter registration volunteers, stand outdoors next in front of a building near tables and chairs. They are taking part in a prima...

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