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Monmouth

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Description: Exterior of Monmouth, built in 1818 in the Greek Revival style. The residence features a colonnaded entrance and front balcony.
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Longwood Mansion

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Description: Exterior frontal view of Longwood, an antebellum octagonal mansion built from around 1859-1864 by architect Samuel Sloan.
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Frame 36: People Entering Meeting House

Date: 1964
Description: A group of men and women talk outside on the steps of a building and in the open doorway likely attending a mass meeting.
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Summit Second Sunday Church

Date: 07 1965
Description: A church photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"Summit 2nd Sunday church. Rev. Shaw[?] minister. Because a nearby neighbor who was sitting up all nig...

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Summit Fourth Sunday Church

Date: 07 1965
Description: A church building photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"The 4th Sunday church of Summit. Rev. Ned Taylor, pastor. After church, Rev. Taylor invited ...

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Lodge Hall

Date: 07 1965
Description: Lodge Hall on Highway 98, photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"Front view of the Lodge Hall (Summit), site of two successful freedom meetings. Prio...

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Houses, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Several houses along a dirt road. A person stands in the doorway of one house. "'Some roofs leak worse than others, but we all get wet inside when it rains...
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House, North Wall Street

Date: 1966
Description: A home with clothing hanging out to dry on a clothesline.

The North Wall Street neighborhood houses 37 families in 22 buildings, with 30 hydrants, 24 toi...

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Woman Walking Through Freedom House Door

Date: 1965
Description: A woman walks up steps and through a door into a Freedom House, used by civil rights workers.
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Group Outside Clay County Courthouse

Date: 1965
Description: Two men and a woman stand outside the entrance to the Clay County Courthouse. To the right of the doorway is a sign that reads "Fallout Shelter." The capti...
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Bullet Holes in the Pheba Freedom House

Date: 1965
Description: Three individuals point towards shotgun holes in a door and on the side of a building, highlighted by circles. The building is the Pheba Freedom House, use...
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Pheba Freedom House

Date: 1965
Description: Front view of the Pheba Freedom House, used by civil rights workers. Along the walls and doors, bullet holes have been highlighted with circles.

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