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| Description: | Rev. C.T. Vivian, a nationally prominent civil rights leader. Although unidentified, it is thought that he is speaking at an event sponsored by the Nation... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Victory celebration for Eddie Carthan, the black activist mayor of Tchula, Mississippi. Carthan was convicted on charges of robbery and murder in 1981. Thi... |
| Date: | 04 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey standing barefoot on stage wearing an open green shirt on top of coveralls. A conga player, possibly Plato Jones, is visible o... |
| Date: | 04 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey standing barefoot on stage wearing an open green shirt on top of coveralls. A drum set and cymbals are visible on the right si... |
| Date: | 04 24 1970 |
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| Description: | View from above of Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance. The band was made up of a three man horn section, electric guitar, drums, congas, electric ba... |
| Date: | 04 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance viewed from stage left. Members of the horn section and percussionists are visible in front of and behind Baby Hu... |
| Date: | 04 24 1970 |
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| Description: | View from above and behind the stage of Chicago R&B act Baby Huey & the Babysitters mid-performance, while the large festival audience stands around the st... |
| Date: | 04 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance viewed from the audience. The band was made up of a three man horn section, electric guitar, drums, congas, elect... |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | Unidentified male African American artist, wearing a beret with two illegible buttons on it, kneels on the edge of the stage talking or singing into a hand... |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | Unidentified African American male artist, wearing a beret with two illegible buttons on it, kneels on the edge of the stage talking or singing into a hand... |
| Date: | 05 1960 |
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| Description: | Daisy Bates speaks at a podium, with several people, including a smiling man, seated to her left. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | "Martin Luther King .... at Communist Training School," a broadside received by Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, while civil rights legislation was bei... |
| 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: | Lawrence Guyot, civil rights activist, stands and addresses a seated group. |
| Date: | 05 22 1989 |
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| Description: | Five dancers in vertical-striped overalls performing in front of an audience indoors. Caption reads: "Members of the Unique dance group perform at the Linc... |
| Date: | 08 21 1989 |
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| Description: | Four young men are performing a dance routine outdoors (two are leaping in the air), while a group of people is watching them. Caption reads: "The dance gr... |
| Date: | 05 25 1984 |
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| Description: | A boy dressed as Michael Jackson is singing as a group of young people are watching in the background. Caption reads: "Six-year-old Jamal Stevenson imitate... |
| Date: | 01 14 1974 |
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| Description: | Audience at Shiloh Baptist Church listening to the Reverend Jesse Jackson. This may be a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) event. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. On the back wall is a large portrait o... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. He is pointing with one finger while s... |
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