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| Date: | 09 29 1965 |
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| Description: | Group of people at the Forrest City court hearing. Two central people are identified as "Joanna" and "Ben." SNCC Arkansas Project. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Nine young people posing on stage. One person is in blackface. Caption reads: "Dane County Wis Amateur theatrical group 1923". |
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| Description: | A boat named "Intrepid" near a small pier. Three people (two men and a woman), are on the boat, and five people (four men and a boy), are standing on the w... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of people fill out papers. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three people on a raft, all wearing blue shirts. Two of the people are standing and holding shields and spears, while the third person is sitting in the mi... |
| Date: | 12 10 1977 |
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| Description: | Several people wearing coats, hats, and gloves are walking in a circle outside a building. One person is holding a sign that reads: "Drop the Holdings, Est... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "This flush toilet is one of two shared by the 51 people who live in this slum. The other is an outdoor non-flush toilet shared by 14 people, 4 families. ... |
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| Description: | Group of people posing on platform at train station next to train. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Film still of a frail woman holding a baby, who were neighbors of Highlander Folk School. Promotional material accompanying the film, "People of Cumberlan... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Daisy Bates, who is wearing a fur, poses with other people at an NAACP event. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | First page of a draft of a letter from the Racine branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urging more militant activity in... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Second page of a draft of a letter from the Racine branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urging more militant activity i... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Two women wash clothes in large pails, while a girl and a young man stand nearby. "43 people, 10 families, share three outdoor hydrants. 8 people share 1 i... |
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| Description: | Doris Platt (standing) and three other people, possibly discussing the script of a program on WHA-TV. Artifacts line shelves behind the people in a country... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 1967 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips marching with the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council rally. She is wearing the organization's sweatshirt. Other unidentified people are marching wi... |
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