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| Date: | 12 05 1947 |
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| Description: | George Weaver, secretary of the national CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, appearing at the Wisconsin State CIO convention. |
| Date: | 10 29 1959 |
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| Description: | Flyer for a rally "The Right To Vote" "The Fight To Vote" sponsored by the Federation of Negro Civil Service Organizations, Inc. Speakers include Jackie Ro... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | L.C. and Daisy Bates watching television with Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus on the screen. |
| Date: | 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Herbert March speaking at the "Negro and White, Unite and Fight" rally in -8 F degree weather. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Johnnie Tillmon addressing a Mother's Day March on Washington, ca. 1968 or 1969. George Wiley is sitting directly behind her, on the left. Ethel Kennedy is... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | George Wiley speaking at a rally, wearing a "Welfare Rights Now!" button on his shirt. |
| Date: | 10 1965 |
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| Description: | Demonstration at the Greyhound Bus station, showing a woman holding a sign that reads: "Sit Down Like Human Beings, Up Front." SNCC Arkansas Project. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Back view of a black high school showing damage on a wall. SNCC Arkansas Project. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Front view of a high school for African American students. SNCC Arkansas Project. |
| Date: | 09 29 1965 |
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| Description: | Group of people at the Forrest City court hearing. Two central people are identified as "Joanna" and "Ben." SNCC Arkansas Project. |
| Date: | 11 1965 |
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| Description: | Three men and two women, including Margie Holman, at the statewide pre-conference committee meeting. SNCC Arkansas Project. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Ben G. at the Little Rock staff meeting. SNCC Arkansas Project. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building showing door with the sign "Rooms for rent. Colored only". SNCC Arkansas Project. |
| Date: | 08 29 1966 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march. |
| Date: | 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Lloyd Barbee posing in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | Portrait of James L. Farmer, Jr. sitting at his desk with a "End Segregation - CORE" poster behind him. James Leonard Farmer, Jr. was a civil rights activi... |
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| Description: | Daisy Bates speaking at the podium at a breakfast given in her honor at the Sheraton Plaza. |
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