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Wisconsin Commission to Locate Monuments on the Gettysburg's Battlefield Site

Date: 05 1887
Description: Members of the Wisconsin commission to locate monuments gather on the battlefield at Little Round Top.
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Congressional Committee at Lincoln Funeral

Date: 05 1865
Description: Albumen print of the Congressional Committee, in front of the Abraham Lincoln home for Lincoln's funeral. The Congressional Committee accompanied Lincoln's...
Poster

Walking is a Crime in Alabama

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Description: Poster showing a priest behind bars above the text: "Walking Is A Crime In Alabama!" Other text reads: "Demand Federal Protection of Civil Rights." The pos...
Print

"End Witch Hunts" Cover

Date: 1960
Description: Cover of flyer found in the papers of the National Committee to Abolish the Un-American Activities Committee. Founded in 1960, the committee later became ...
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Willie Rudd

Date: 1991
Description: Willie Rudd, president of the United Furniture Workers Local 282 as well as the national union, at a SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) labor conference i...
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Rev. Joseph Lowery

Date: 1991
Description: Rev. Joseph Lowery, minister, civil rights leader, and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), speaking to a conference sponsored...
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Gwen Patten

Date: 1991
Description: Gwen Patton reporting on the Southern Rainbow Education Project to a conference called by the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC).
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SOC Leaders

Date: 09 1993
Description: Scott Douglas and Connie Tucker (right), leaders of the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC), at an unidentified event.
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Richard Arrington, Jr.

Date: 10 1991
Description: Richard Arrington, Jr. (at the microphone), the first black to be elected mayor of Birmingham, speaks to a re-election rally. Among the supporters applaud...
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Modjeska Simpkins at SOC Meeting

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Description: Modjeska Simpkins (center) one of the early leaders of the NAACP at an unidentified meeting of the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC). Among the other SO...
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Anne Braden and SOC

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Description: Anne Braden (center) at an unidentified meeting of the SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) leadership.
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Anne Braden and Ben Chavis

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Description: Anne Braden and Rev. Ben Chavis at an SOC (Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Human Welfare) event. Braden and Chavis were founding members a...
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Fred Platner Driving a Volkswagen

Date: 1947
Description: Fred Platner driving a Volkswagen for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; Bergen Belsen, Germany.
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Fred Platner and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Co-workers

Date: 1946
Description: Fred Platner (far right, back row) and co-workers for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; Bergen Belsen, Germany.
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Fred Platner with Staff of Joint Distribution Committee's Emigration Office

Date: 1950
Description: Fred Platner and staff of the Joint Distribution Committee's emigration office; Hamburg, Germany.
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Staff Working in the Joint Distribution Committee's Emigration Office

Date: 1950
Description: Staff of the Joint Distribution Committtee's emigration office; Hamburg, Germany.
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Women on Strike

Date: 08 1957
Description: Women workers on strike against the Holly Farms Poultry Company, posed outside for a "solidarity" picture. Dorothy Johnson, wearing the third picket sign f...
Manuscript

Hollywood Ten: Alvah Bessie's Subpoena

Date: 09 18 1947
Description: Subpoena for Alvah Bessie to appear before the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Un-American Activities on October 23, 1947.
Manuscript

Alvah Bessie Summons

Date: 09 18 1947
Description: A summons issued by the United States House of Representatives for Alvah Bessie to appear before the Un-American Activities Committee to testify.
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National Parks Advisory Board

Date: 1965
Description: Members of the National Parks Advisory Board in Alaska with Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall (second from the left). Others, left to right, are Sig...

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