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| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Image of a Freedom School classroom taken by a civil rights volunteer. Students are seated in what appear to be pews. "Freedom School - Freddie Green,... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A woman and a man stand and talk to a seated woman. The standing woman is showing her papers. In the background, a man sits on a sofa talking to a child se... |
| Date: | 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Lloyd Barbee posing in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 09 1978 |
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| Description: | Wade Rathke seated at an ACORN meeting next to a woman. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | An unidentified rally in support of the rights of Willie McGee who was convicted of raping a white woman in 1945. His case attracted the attention of many ... |
| Date: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of one woman and four men posing together. Caption reads: "NY RDD 3/1971. L to R: Marian Wright Edelman [civil rights activist and Yale boar... |
| Date: | 12 1976 |
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| Description: | A man plays a Baritone Tuba for an old-time Civil War band. He is wearing a uniform. |
| Date: | 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A young man at a nighttime rally (perhaps at a demonstration during the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City) in support of the MFDP. Behind him... |
| Date: | 04 27 1963 |
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| Description: | Charles Sherrod and Carl Braden looking over a "Time for Action" paper. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A John Deere harvesting combine in a field. |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Bob (Robert) Moses speaking at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer. |
| Date: | 04 03 1964 |
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| Description: | Three people of the 18 protestors outside of the Cuba Club restaurant. A large protest sign states, "Wallace: Blood is on your hands." The protestors were... |
| Date: | 01 15 1975 |
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| Description: | The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Delegate Walter E. Fauntroy and Representative Bella Abzug at a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) March supporting the pro... |
| Date: | 06 02 1959 |
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| Description: | The first page of a two page letter written by Rosa Parks to Septima Clark. |
| Date: | 06 02 1959 |
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| Description: | The second page of a two page letter written by Rosa Parks to Septima Clark. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A memo to the accepted Mississippi Summer Project workers from the Mississippi Summer Project Committee. |
| View an extensive image collection about this early social leadership center that focused on labor organization, and later, civil rights. |
| Date: | 12 05 1947 |
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| Description: | George Weaver, secretary of the national CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, appearing at the Wisconsin State CIO convention. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Father Groppi speaking at demonstration in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber. |
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