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Frame 05: Lone Man Holding "Leflore" Sign

Date: 1964
Description: A man holds a sign, likely referring to Leflore County in Mississippi, at a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) function.
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Frame 06: Police March Down Street

Date: 01 22 1964
Description: A group of Hattiesburg police officers wearing helmets and carrying batons walk in formation down a street in the rain at a Freedom Day on their way to For...
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Frame 07: Destroyed Church

Date: 09 20 1964
Description: A man stands inside the ruins of a church building. When printed in the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Education Fund Report, vol. II, no. 1, this photograph...
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Frame 08: Man Thinking

Date: 1964
Description: An unidentified man with grey hair sits at a table with his hand on his forehead.
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Frame 09: Child with Book

Date: 1964
Description: A toddler sits on the ground and laughs while paging through a book.
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Frame 10: Rickety Houses on Muddy Street

Date: 1964
Description: Two homes along a dirt road with a small child on the front porch of the nearest house.
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Frame 11: Man and Woman Picking Cotton

Date: 1964
Description: A man and a woman pick cotton by hand.
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Frame 12: Combine Harvesting in Field

Date: 1964
Description: A John Deere harvesting combine in a field.
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Frame 13: Working on the Chain Gang

Date: 1964
Description: A group of correctional inmates work in a trench, while a man with a firearm watches from above.
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Frame 14: Sick Man with Crutch

Date: 1964
Description: A man wearing overalls sits on a porch.
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Frame 15: Concerned Father Holding Child

Date: 1964
Description: A man holds a young girl in his arms.
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Frame 16: Men with Clipboards

Date: 1964
Description: Four men sit on pews examining paper on clipboards. Behind them, Bob Moses talks with a woman.
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Frame 17: Young Man Speaking of Freedom

Date: 1964
Description: A man gestures with both hands, lit from above.
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Frame 18: Young People Discussing

Date: 1964
Description: A group of people fill out papers.
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Frame 19: "We Want to Vote"

Date: 1964
Description: Two men holding protest signs are walking down a sidewalk past a white police officer who is holding a bullhorn at a Greenwood Freedom Day. In the backgrou...
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Frame 22: Local Man Speaking at Meeting

Date: 1964
Description: A man stands amid a group of seated men and women at a mass meeting.
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Frame 23: Local Man Speaking at Meeting

Date: 1964
Description: A man stands with his arm raised and his finger pointed upward at a mass meeting.
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Frame 24: Half Empty Convention

Date: 1964
Description: A group of people are seated on folding chairs, likely at the MFDP state convention. A woman at the front of the room addresses the group through a microph...
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Frame 25: Guyot Speaking

Date: 1964
Description: Lawrence Guyot, civil rights activist, stands and addresses a seated group.
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Frame 26: People Planning Together at Table

Date: 1964
Description: A group of four African-American men are seated at a table looking at papers. Behind them a large group of people are sitting and standing.

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