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| Description: | Portrait of James Farmer, civil rights activist and co-founder of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). He is wearing a straw hat with a band that reads "[..... |
| Date: | 02 28 1964 |
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| Description: | Civil rights activities near the Canton, Mississippi courthouse. Two police officers are pictured holding shot guns and carrying bags of tear gas equipment... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Proof of a portrait of James Farmer, noted civil rights activist and co-founder of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). Text written on the image states, "... |
| Date: | 06 27 1964 |
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| Description: | The Mt. Zion church burned down on June 17, 1964, prompting Freedom Summer volunteers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to travel to view... |
| Date: | 06 18 1964 |
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| Description: | Bob (Robert) Moses stands on the far right, speaking. On the far left is Bob Zellner, SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) Field Secretary, and... |
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| Description: | A Caucasian woman, identified as Barbara Deming, hands leaflets to an African American family on a front porch. The location is tentatively identified as G... |
| Date: | 03 12 1959 |
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| Description: | Newly elected officers of the State Commission on Human Rights. "They are, left to right, the Rev. Perry Saito, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Stev... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A simple map of the Mississippi Project. There are symbols at the bottom marking locations for: Voter Registration, Freedom School, Community Center and Pr... |
| Date: | 08 1963 |
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| Description: | A printed appeal "to MARCH on WASHINGTON, Wednesday August 28, 1963." Some of the text reads "American faces a crisis...Millions of Negroes are denied free... |
| Date: | 02 27 1960 |
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| Description: | Picketers walk the sidewalk in front of the F.W. Woolworth store on the Capitol Square. The protest was against the company's segregated lunch counter poli... |
| Date: | 09 11 1956 |
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| Description: | African-American students escorted from Sturgis High School by armed National Guardsmen. |
| Date: | 08 05 1964 |
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| Description: | Page 4 of The Student Voice featuring the title "Shootings, Beatings, Bombings and Burnings," and a photograph of Fannie Lou Hamer. |
| Date: | 10 28 1964 |
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| Description: | Four small black-and-white portraits of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party candidates: Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, Aaron Henry, and Victoria Gray... |
| Date: | 08 19 1966 |
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| Description: | First page of a letter from Robert and Vicki Gabriner to Russell Gilmore at the Wisconsin Historical Society describing their experiences collecting civil ... |
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| Description: | Second page of a letter from Robert and Vicki Gabriner to Russell Gilmore at the Wisconsin Historical Society describing their experiences collecting civil... |
| Date: | 08 19 1966 |
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| Description: | Final page of a letter from Robert and Vicki Gabriner to Russell Gilmore at the Wisconsin Historical Society describing their experiences collecting civil ... |
| Date: | 06 23 1966 |
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| Description: | Letter of introduction for Mrs. Robert (Vicki) Gabriner indicating that she is authorized by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin to collect materials... |
| Date: | 05 13 1966 |
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| Description: | Letter from Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette to State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director Les Fishel, regarding the state's liability in... |
| Date: | 07 15 1964 |
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| Description: | The cover design of the Benton County Freedom Train newsletter printed with purple ink, probably mimeographed. |
| Date: | 07 1964 |
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| Description: | The cover of the newsletter the Ruleville Freedom Fighter. |
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