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Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: The long line of voters waiting in the Second Ward's precinct in the Lapham school was similar to those in many other of the city's precincts at about the ...
Photograph

Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: Three voters and a young observer at the Third Ward polling place in the City-County Building.
Photograph

Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: A crowd of Second Ward voters in Lapham School, 1045 E. Dayton Street.
Photograph

Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: A steady line of voters kept election clerks busy at the Fourth Ward in the City-County Building.
Book or Pamphlet

A Page from "Louisiana Story" Brochure

Date: 1963
Description: Two photographs featured in a "Louisiana Story" brochure. In the top image, CORE worker Daniel Mitchell interviews a potential voter on a porch with three ...
Photograph

Vote Nov 8th Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Date: 1960
Description: Poster with black ink on white background. Text on left reads: "Vote Nov 8th Lowndes County Freedom Organization" along with an illustration of a panther. ...
Poster

Vote Nov 8th Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Date: 1960
Description: Poster with black ink on white background. Text on left reads: "Vote Nov 8th Lowndes County Freedom Organization" along with an illustration of a panther. ...
Poster

Vote Nov 8th Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Date: 1960
Description: Poster with black ink on white background. Text on left reads: "Vote Nov 8th Lowndes County Freedom Organization" along with an illustration of a panther. ...
Poster

It Can't Happen Here

Date: 1960
Description: Poster in red and blue ink on a white background. There is an illustration at top of two Presidential Ballots, with the one on the left with boxes for thre...
Photograph

Voting Day at the Madison City-County Building

Date: 09 13 1960
Description: Poll workers pass the time during a light turnout for the 1960 primary in the 1st precinct of the Third Ward held at the City-County Building. Shown (L-R) ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

SNCC News Release

Date: 1963
Description: News release from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Atlanta, Georgia for immediate release in Greenville, Mississippi with the headli...
Photograph

Subversion of the Right to Vote

Date: 08 1963
Description: African-Americans approach the courthouse in order to vote. The original caption reads: "Negro citizens attempt to cast ballots in Greenwood, August 1963. ...
Document

Freedom Vote Ballot

Date: 
Description: A ballot showing candidates from the Freedom Democratic Party, the Democratic Party, and the Republican Party.
Photograph

My Early Vote

Date: 10 21 2020
Description: A woman is standing in front of two people sitting behind tables with plexiglass barriers up.
Photograph

Early Voters

Date: 10 21 2020
Description: Early voters at La Crosse City Hall standing at a distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Historical Object

Jane Addams

Date: 
Description: Album page that includes newspaper clippings of articles, and a portrait of Miss Addams.
Document

Freedom Summer Memo

Date: 1964
Description: A memo to the accepted Mississippi Summer Project workers from the Mississippi Summer Project Committee.
Poster

Register to Vote Flyer

Date: 1965
Description: A poster created by The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party depicting a group of African American people standing together and holding hands. The text rea...
Manuscript

1849 Assembly Bill 122

Date: 03 1849
Description: Exterior of Wisconsin Assembly Bill 122 of 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote. ...
Photograph

Democratic Party State Convention

Date: 10 12 1957
Description: The biggest demonstration of the second day of the State Democratic Party Convention at the Central High School auditorium for Philleo Nash of Wisconsin Ra...

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