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Bernice Robinson

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Description: Bernice Robinson with students at first citizenship school at Johns Island.
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"No-hitters"

Date: 05 16 1989
Description: Sixth grade class members show off their trophy for being "no-hitters." The plaque reads, "Hitting always hurts."
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Story Time

Date: 09 26 1967
Description: Young children listen to a story through earphones as a teacher's aid looks on.
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Wadmalaw Island Citizen Group Session

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Description: Wadmalaw Island Citizenship group participants in the midst of a session.
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Mrs. Brewer's Class at Edisto Island

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Description: Mrs. Brewer teaching a citizenship class at Edisto Island. Septima Clark, far left.
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Writing on Chalkboard at Citizenship School

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Description: A woman writing on a chalkboard as part of the Citizenship School on Johns Island.
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Young Woman Teaching Labor Class

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Description: A young woman teaching a labor class at Highlander Folk School.
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Lincoln School Fourth Graders

Date: 10 05 1948
Description: Two fourth graders at Lincoln School, Freddiemae Hill, left, and Russell Allen, Jr, right, are observing 10,000 bees that are preparing for winter in their...
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First Day of Kindergarten

Date: 09 11 1950
Description: Frances Morrison's kindergarten pupils sitting at a table on their first day of school at Longfellow. They are, from left to right, Bonnie Hammersley, Sand...
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Atlanta Stewards Training

Date: 1947
Description: A stewards' training class conducted by local 108 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
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Cotton Presentation

Date: 1915
Description: View from back of classroom of Dr. W.B. Hinds pointing at a graph as he delivers an agricultural lecture on cotton to students seated at North Alabama Bapt...
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Students at "Muskogee Colored High School"

Date: 1916
Description: African-American students gathered in a room at what the original caption identifies as the "Muskogee Colored High School."
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Boys Building Fly Traps

Date: 1915
Description: Boys use various tools to make fly traps in a classroom. A man, probably their instructor, stands in the background in front of a chalkboard.
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Classroom Presentation on Flies

Date: 1915
Description: A group of students and a teacher are sitting at desks in a classroom while listening to a lesson on the dangers of house flies. Agricultural lecture chart...
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Neighborhood House Album: Playtime

Date: 1925
Description: Page from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with images of infants and young children being cared for at the settlement house, including a group outside...
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Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Play School

Date: 1946
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with three girls standing and sitting at a table with a play telephone, a kitchen beater, and play dishe...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Play School Scenes

Date: 1946
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two images from the Play School for 3 and 4 year olds: a boy is opening his mouth for a woman who is...
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Freedom School Students Working

Date: 1964
Description: Students sitting at tables in a Freedom Summer school in Palmer's Crossing at Priest Creek Baptist Church. Classes were usually held out-of-doors because o...
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Freedom School Lessons

Date: 1965
Description: Image of a Freedom School classroom taken by a civil rights volunteer. Students are seated in what appear to be pews.

"Freedom School - Freddie Green,...

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Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: Teachers at the Freedom School convention during Freedom Summer. The woman in the center is Liz Fusco, one of the coordinators of the Freedom School projec...

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