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Myles Horton

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Myles Horton.
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The Right To Vote Rally

Date: 10 29 1959
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...
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Daisy Bates

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Description: Head and shoulder portrait of Daisy Bates, head of the Arkansas NAACP and a key figure in the Little Rock school desegregation crisis of September 1957.
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Lloyd Barbee at Capitol

Date: 08 1964
Description: Lloyd Barbee posing in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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James L. Farmer, Jr.

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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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Daisy Bates

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Description: Portrait of Daisy Bates wearing a dark dress and beaded earrings and necklace.
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Myles Horton

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Myles Horton smiling and leaning his cheek against his hand.
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Amzie Moore in Uniform

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Amzie Moore in military uniform.
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Myra Page

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Description: Portrait of Myra Page, an author and Antioch coop student, who was both a student and later a teacher at Highlander Folk School.
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Guy Carawan

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Description: Signed photograph of Guy Carawan, a folk musician, playing an open-backed 5-string banjo. Presented to Highlander Folk School. Inscription reads, "Wishing ...
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Esau Jenkins

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Description: Esau Jenkins, whose request for help registering citizens on Johns Island provided the basis for the citizenship school program at Highlander Folk School, ...
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Carlotta Walls, One of the Little Rock Nine

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Description: Carlotta Walls, one of the Little Rock Nine, in graduation cap and gown.
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Melba Pattillo, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Melba Pattillo, later Melba Pattillo Beals, of the Little Rock Nine.
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Gloria Ray, One of the Little Rock Nine

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Description: Portrait of Gloria Ray of the Little Rock Nine.
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Little Rock Flyer

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Description: "Little Rock's 'Lady' of the Year", a flyer distributed by racists in Little Rock, illustrated by her 1946 police mug shot and arrest record. The text char...
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Portrait of Rosa Parks

Date: 05 31 1960
Description: Portrait of Rosa Parks at Mrs. Anne Braden's home.
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James Forman

Date: 03 1965
Description: James Forman during the March on Selma.
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SCEF Speakers Bureau

Date: 1971
Description: Civil rights and anti-war activists Carl Braden and Virginia Collins being interviewed during a speaking tour sponsored by the Southern Conference Educatio...
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Mary McLeod Bethune

Date: 11 1946
Description: Mary McLeod Bethune (left), noted educator and civil rights leader, at the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Rights. The woman to her...
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Zilphia and Myles Horton Reading

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Description: Myles Horton and Zilphia Horton reviewing some written materials at Highlander Folk School.

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