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| Date: | 08 1964 |
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| Description: | An integrated group of mostly young people sitting on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Many of them are holding signs showing support for the Mississippi Freed... |
| Date: | 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A nighttime rally on the Atlantic City boardwalk in support of the Mississipi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Three people in front of the group carry sig... |
| 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: | A line of people stand outdoors in front of the open doorway of a building. Included are both Caucasian and African-American men and women. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A crowd outdoors at a freedom vote, a mock election designed to include African-Americans who were unable to register to vote. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A close-up of Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977), Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) candidate and noted civil rights leader. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A close-up photograph of Victoria Gray, congressional candidate of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A group of people is led by Annie Devine wearing a hat and eyeglasses in the foreground, along with several men in the background. Behind them is a vehicle... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Portrait of John Henry Davis, taken by a fellow civil rights volunteer. "John Henry Davis, a most dedicated and brave freedom fighter, a warm personal frie... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Annie Devine, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Victoria Gray, fellow MFDP candidates. All three women are wearing hats and carrying handbags. A crowd of people are be... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | An integrated group of people stand outdoors in coats and hats. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Fannie Lou Hamer stands outdoors along with Annie Devine and Victoria Gray, being interviewed by a man with a microphone. At the bottom of the frame, two o... |
| Date: | 01 04 1965 |
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| Description: | Four people walking past the U.S. Capitol building likely protesting Congress' opening day. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A girl at a demonstration holding a sign that reads: "We are tired of being ruled by racists." Behind her, other people carry signs as they walk along a fe... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A long line of protesters standing on a sidewalk hold signs calling for voting rights and civil rights. One sign reads, "We Are Not Allowed to Vote". |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | An African-American woman is seated behind a small table while speaking. On the left a stenographer types, and on the right a group of people sit and liste... |
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