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| Date: | 04 24 1959 |
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| Description: | Man driving Merrymobile ice cream vending truck. Press release caption reads: "Merrymobile - colorful ice cream vending vehicle - built by Merrymobile Co.,... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Paul Spencer, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 in Memphis, reminds citizens of his locals' strike against Wilson & Co. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 stand near the Swift & Co., plant in membership in an attempt to prevent Wilson products being lo... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of the International Harvester Memphis Works in Memphis, Tennessee, with a view of the surrounding neighborhood and Loosahatchie River. The ... |
| Date: | 09 1959 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a kimono at Highlander Folk School. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Pete Seeger at Highlander Folk School, possibly at a 25th anniversary celebration, where he was in charge of music. Playing an Orpheum #1 open-back five st... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Roosevelt at the 25th anniversary of Highlander Folk School, talking with an Indian chief from Florida. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Roosevelt, standing, with Myles Horton, and May Justus at the 25th anniversary of Highlander Folk School. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | From left: Zilphia Horton, Myles Horton, and Mrs. Roosevelt at a Highlander conference in connection with the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Rosa Parks attending a Highlander Christmas vacation event for Clinton Black High School Students, the first integrated in the South. |
| Date: | 04 1959 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a college workshop group from Highlander Folk School. |
| Date: | 08 1956 |
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| Description: | Four women and a man eating at a table at a Civil Rights banquet at Highlander Folk School. Septima Clark, second from left. |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Highlander's 25th Anniversary, August-September, inside Highlander Library. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Pete Seeger playing the 5-string banjo at the 25th Anniversary of Highlander Folk School in the Library building. |
| Date: | 09 02 1957 |
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| Description: | 25th Anniversary event in the Highlander Folk School Library. Pictured are Rosa Parks, Myles Horton, Aubrey Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. among ot... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | A community leadership workshop session, August-September, at Highlander Folk School. Elizabeth Brinkman, Germany, in background in a flower dress; obscure... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Myles Horton watching as the local sheriff puts a padlock on Highlander Folk School, following a trial in which Highlander was accused of propagating Commu... |
| Date: | 07 24 1955 |
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| Description: | Dr. C.H. Paris, Fred Patterson, and Mrs. Rosa Parks attending a Segregation Workshop at Highlander Folk School. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the segregated entrance for African-Americans at Malco Theater. There is a fire escape on the side of the building. Several cars are parke... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of balers arranged in rows outdoors in a factory yard at International Harvester's Memphis Works. |
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