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Forrest City Court Hearing

Date: 09 29 1965
Description: Group of people at the Forrest City court hearing. Two central people are identified as "Joanna" and "Ben." SNCC Arkansas Project.
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Father Groppi in Police Wagon

Date: 1966
Description: Father Groppi is seated in the back of a police wagon with police officer after being arrested in front of his parish for the second night in a row.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Vigil

Date: 1968
Description: Members of the National Welfare Rights Organization, some dressed in choir robes, hold candles and a cross as they are confronted by police. This is at the...
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Ku Klux Klan Funeral

Date: 12 05 1924
Description: Klansmen of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing conic masks and white robes gather in front of St. James Lutheran Church, Verona, for the funeral of Herbert C. ...
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Worker Harassment

Date: 06 1955
Description: Private security guards hired by the Colonial Sugar Company photograph striking members of the United Packinghouse Union. As the result of a court restrai...
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Andrew Wade House Bombing Comic Strip

Date: 1954
Description: Comic strip showing man bombing a house because it is being sold to an African-American man. A police officer arrests the seller of the home for inciting t...
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Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: A woman speaking at a Civil Rights workshop.
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Civil Rights Group Meeting near Highlander Lake

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Description: Civil rights group meeting in field at Highlander Lake. Fifth from the left, Charlotte Meacham, American Friends Service Committee, former Highlander stud...
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Mr. L.A. Blackman

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Description: Portrait of Mr. L.A. Blackman, head of the Elloree, South Carolina branch of the NAACP.
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Andrew Wade House Bombing

Date: 06 27 1954
Description: Police officer inspecting the damage to the home of Andrew Wade and his family after it was bombed.
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Greensboro Massacre Response

Date: 02 02 1980
Description: Protest march called in response to the murder of five activists, labor organizers, and members of the Communists Workers Party by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) o...
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Eddie Carthan Victory Party

Date: 1982
Description: Victory celebration for Eddie Carthan, the black activist mayor of Tchula, Mississippi. Carthan was convicted on charges of robbery and murder in 1981. Thi...
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Eddie Carthan Victory Party

Date: 1983
Description: Eddie Carthan, the black mayor of Tchula, Mississippi, seen at the party celebrating the commutation of his sentence. Carthan was jailed on charges thought...
Poster

Support Prison Rebellions Poster

Date: 11 1971
Description: Poster created by SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), advocating support of prison rebellions, and the abolishment of alleged racist prison terror. Fe...
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Face-off between Police and NAACP Members

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Description: The Milwaukee police approach a line of NAACP Youth Council members in an attempt to break up a demonstration.
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Emmett Till Defendant

Date: 09 19 1955
Description: Roy Bryant, one of the two men charged with the murder of Emmett Till who had allegedly whistled at Bryant's wife, Carolyn. She sits at Bryant's right, and...
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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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Emmett Till Trial Witness

Date: 09 22 1955
Description: Willie Reed, an 18-year-old "surprise" witness who bravely testified during the murder trial of 14-year-old Emmett Till, correctly identifying the white de...
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Humane Indian Policy Cartoon

Date: 02 08 1879
Description: A cartoon entitled: "The Latest Illustration of Our Humane Indian Policy" depicting an imprisoned, injured Native American man who has been served "boiled ...
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Negotiations at Gresham

Date: 01 18 1975
Description: Negotiations between leaders of the Menominee Warrior Society and the American Indian Movement with General Hugh Simonson (in the Army jacket) of the Wisco...

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