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| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Governor Warren P. Knowles reaches up to touch the hand of a girl at the Lincoln Memorial on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The girl seated, c... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Group of protesters, including a man holding a sign that reads "Cops Aren't Judges". |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Tom Hayden, in the center wearing the dark shirt, looking at a police officer talking to four African-American men. Newark ERAP project. From the SDS colle... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | In the summer of 1964, Freedom Summer volunteers pose in front of a campaign poster for Victoria Jackson Gray, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party candida... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman identified as Unita Blackwell speaks before an audience at a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) function. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | View from behind of Unita Blackwell speaking before an audience at a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) function. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | An integrated group sing-along at a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) function. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A man holds a sign, likely referring to Leflore County in Mississippi, at a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) function. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A room full of people at an MFDP district meeting. Signs bear the names of several counties in central Mississippi. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A large group of predominantly African-Americans sitting at a rally or other gathering. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A television set displays an image of Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights activist and political figure, speaking into microphones. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | In the foreground are Hartman Turnbow and another MFDP delegate. Several men and women outdoors wear badges on their chests, and patriotic banners and fla... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Victoria Gray, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) candidate, speaks at an MFDP meeting. In the background a man stand in front of an empty stage. ... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a knit cap stands in front of a microphone. The badge on her chest identifies her as an MFDP member from Hinds County. Three men behind her... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Several men sit in front of a large sign supporting Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Two African-American men wait outside voting booths. In the foreground two women sit at a table. Signs above the booths read: [...] Here For Business [...]... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Two women sit behind a table at a Freedom Vote, a mock election designed to include African-Americans who were unable to register to vote and would be a tr... |
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