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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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| 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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| Description: | Portrait of Daisy Bates wearing a dark dress and beaded earrings and necklace. |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Myles Horton smiling and leaning his cheek against his hand. |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Amzie Moore in military uniform. |
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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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| Description: | Carlotta Walls, one of the Little Rock Nine, in graduation cap and gown. |
| Date: | 12 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Melba Pattillo, later Melba Pattillo Beals, of the Little Rock Nine. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Gloria Ray of the Little Rock Nine. |
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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... |
| Date: | 05 31 1960 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Rosa Parks at Mrs. Anne Braden's home. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| 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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| Description: | Myles Horton and Zilphia Horton reviewing some written materials at Highlander Folk School. |
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| Description: | Photographic portrait of Booker T. Washington (1856-1915). |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster for Victoria Gray. She ran against the policies of white segregationist Senator John Stennis in the 5th District. Along with Fannie Lou Ham... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Portrait of John Henry Davis, taken by a fellow civil rights volunteer. "John Henry Davis, a most dedicated and brave freedom fighter, a warm personal frie... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A man stands next to a sign with one hand resting on his hip. The sign next to him says, "I am regist[..] are you[...]." The image was taken inside the Whi... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Portrait of James Farmer, civil rights activist and co-founder of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of James Farmer, civil rights activist and co-founder of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). |
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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 "[..... |
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