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| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | View of a bedroom taken by a civil rights volunteer. "George Washington didn't sleep here, but I was fortunate to do so at Mrs. Thompson's for almost thre... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A woman and a young boy pose for a civil rights volunteer. "Often one of Mrs. Thompson's nieces or nephews would come[?] to breakfast in order to have som... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A woman and two children pose for a photograph taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Willie Thompson, my warmly gracious hostess for over two weeks. U... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | The meeting place of the MFDP (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party) in McComb, taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Quin's house — the door was the ... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | View of a home taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Quin's home. The section to the right of the tree shows the new bedroom, rebuilt after it was b... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman stand next to each other in front of a home in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Alyene Quin, one of the most courageou... |
| Date: | 07 18 1965 |
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| Description: | Exterior of a church building taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Dedication services of the Society Hill Baptist Church. At least 400 negroes jammed t... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Three children clapping in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "'I'm gonna picket if the spirit says 'picket'...' The youngsters at the Freedom... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Students in a Freedom School singing and clapping in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Freedom School - Freedom singing led by youngsters and... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A group of children in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "My Freedom School friends and students. Left to right: Cleophus (call me Cleo) Brow... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A group of Freedom School students walk along a road in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Freedom School students on way to see the superinte... |
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| Description: | A posed photograph of Andrew Goodman wearing a dark shirt, used in the poster produced by the FBI after his disappearance. Andrew Goodman was a civil right... |
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| Description: | Andrew Goodman seated on the ground in a group of people, wearing a dark t-shirt. Andrew Goodman was a civil rights activist and volunteer for the Freedom ... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Andrew Goodman standing at the foot of a staircase, age 19, wearing a dark shirt. Andrew Goodman was a civil rights activist and volunteer for the Freedom ... |
| Date: | 06 1964 |
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| Description: | A role-playing activity during a Freedom Summer training session. Andrew Goodman, the figure in a black t-shirt near the center of the image, was a civil ... |
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| Description: | Andrew Goodman seated in a group of people. Andrew Goodman was a civil rights activist and volunteer for the Freedom Summer project. He, along with James C... |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi marches with African American teenage girls who are carrying signs that read, "Stop Bussing For Segregation" and "Stop School Segregati... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A housing development built to serve the African-American community in McComb, canvassed by civil rights volunteers. "Government built development in McC... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A grave in a segregated cemetery photographed by a civil rights volunteer, who notes that these grounds are cared for "without the benefit of the town's fu... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A grave in a segregated cemetery photographed by a civil rights volunteer, who notes that the Caucasian cemetery uses town funding while the African-Americ... |
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