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Truck, Delta Ministry

Date: 07 1965
Description: International Harvester Metro parked outdoors photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "Delta Ministry Express - 80 m.p.h. trip from Hattiesburg to Edward...
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Delta Ministry Office

Date: 07 1965
Description: Exterior view of the Delta Ministry Office at 702 Wall Street taken by a civil rights volunteer. The office was directed by Reverend Harry Bowie, "the form...
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Ned Gillam with Two Ministers

Date: 07 1965
Description: Group portrait of three ministers taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Ned Gillam, Disciple of Christ minister, Fairfield, Iowa, was denied admittance to...
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Front Porch of Thompson House

Date: 07 1965
Description: Exterior of a home taken by a civil rights volunteer. "The front porch of our home at Mrs. Willie Thompson's, 808 Augusta, McComb, Mississippi. The hous...
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Living Room of Thompson House

Date: 07 1965
Description: Interior of a home taken by a civil rights volunteer. "The living room at the Thompson's. Actually, the room was somewhat misleading since the other roo...
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Mariner Scout Troop

Date: 1961
Description: Patricia Mullins (3rd from right) and her Mariner Scout Troop pose outdoors.
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Bedroom

Date: 07 1965
Description: View of a bedroom taken by a civil rights volunteer. "George Washington didn't sleep here, but I was fortunate to do so at Mrs. Thompson's for almost thre...
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Mrs. Thompson and Nephew

Date: 07 1965
Description: A woman and a young boy pose for a civil rights volunteer. "Often one of Mrs. Thompson's nieces or nephews would come[?] to breakfast in order to have som...
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Woman and Two Children

Date: 07 1965
Description: A woman and two children pose for a photograph taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Willie Thompson, my warmly gracious hostess for over two weeks. U...
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Two Boys

Date: 07 1965
Description: Two boys in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. The boy on the right, identified as Charles, is writing while the boy on the left, James, looks on...
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Front Porch of Quin House

Date: 07 1965
Description: The meeting place of the MFDP (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party) in McComb, taken by a civil rights volunteer.

"Mrs. Quin's house — the door was the ...

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Quin House

Date: 07 1965
Description: View of a home taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Quin's home. The section to the right of the tree shows the new bedroom, rebuilt after it was b...
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Alyene Quin and Clare Nesmith

Date: 07 1965
Description: A man and a woman stand next to each other in front of a home in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer.

"Mrs. Alyene Quin, one of the most courageou...

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Church Dedication Service

Date: 07 18 1965
Description: Exterior of a church building taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Dedication services of the Society Hill Baptist Church. At least 400 negroes jammed t...
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Church Dedication Service

Date: 07 18 1965
Description: Image of a church dedication service taken by a civil rights volunteer.

"Church dedication — Society Hill Baptist Church — most of these people are minis...

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Three Girls Clapping

Date: 07 1965
Description: Three children clapping in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "'I'm gonna picket if the spirit says 'picket'...' The youngsters at the Freedom...
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Freedom School Students Singing

Date: 1965
Description: Students in a Freedom School singing and clapping in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Freedom School - Freedom singing led by youngsters and...
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Freedom School Lessons

Date: 1965
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,...

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Group of Children

Date: 07 1965
Description: A group of children in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "My Freedom School friends and students. Left to right: Cleophus (call me Cleo) Brow...
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Freedom School Students

Date: 07 1965
Description: A group of Freedom School students walk along a road in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Freedom School students on way to see the superinte...

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