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Thorsten Horton, Myles Horton, and Rosa Parks

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Description: Thorsten and Myles Horton, sitting on left, watching Rosa Parks, standing and speaking at Highlander Folk School.
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Allis-Chalmers Rally

Date: 10 20 1946
Description: Outdoor rally of Allis-Chalmers workers. A man is speaking into a microphone in the front and people stand on the sidewalk and the grassy rise in the backg...
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Freedom School Teacher and Students

Date: 1964
Description: Sandra Adickes (right), Freedom Summer volunteer teacher at Palmer's Crossing Freedom School. Students (left) are Rita Mae Crawford and Jimella Stokes.
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Freedom School Lessons

Date: 1964
Description: A white male Freedom Summer volunteer teaches African-American students in a Freedom School in Priest Creek Baptist Church.
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Frame 47: FDP Supporters Demonstrating on Boardwalk

Date: 08 1964
Description: An integrated group of mostly young people sitting on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Many of them are holding signs showing support for the Mississippi Freed...
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Frame 70: Girl Demonstrating

Date: 1964
Description: A girl at a demonstration holding a sign that reads: "We are tired of being ruled by racists." Behind her, other people carry signs as they walk along a fe...
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NAACP Youth Council Members "Guarding" Chief Brier's Home

Date: 09 30 1966
Description: Four members of Milwaukee's NAACP Youth Council Commandoes sit in a car outside the home of Police Chief Harold Brier at 3139 S. 50th Street.
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Protesters Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View of the front of a line of protesters marching down the street near to the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theater. The group is clappi...
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Stop the Party of Hate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A large crowd of men and women standing outside the Republican presidential debate holding signs, banners, and flags. Most of the signs read: "Black lives ...
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Speaking to Protesters Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A young woman on the right is walking in front of a large crowd of protesters. She is wearing a reflective vest and is speaking through a megaphone. The cr...
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Injured on the School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "Linda Crump — girl on left, a student who was hit by a rock in her bus on the way out of S. Boston." Two girls and a young...
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Waiting to Be Bused to South Boston High School

Date: 1975
Description: Students from Columbia Point waiting to be bused to South Boston High School. Most of the students are standing in groups, talking. School buses are parked...
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Students at South Boston High School

Date: 1975
Description: Students and three adults on standing on the steps at an entrance to South Boston High School.
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"Stop the Violence" Rally

Date: 05 20 1989
Description: Two young men stand together. One is holding a sign that is barely visible. Next to him is another sign that reads "Come and help STOP the VIOLENCE". Capti...
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Milwaukee Public Schools Black Pupil Walkout

Date: 10 01 1977
Description: Several African-American teenagers are standing outside a building, some wearing coats and some under umbrellas. A sign reads: "Fight for the Right." Capti...

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