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| Description: | Civil rights period, Delta Ministry. Myles Horton speaking with an African American man smoking a cigar. |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Victory celebration for Eddie Carthan, the black activist mayor of Tchula, Mississippi. Carthan was convicted on charges of robbery and murder in 1981. Thi... |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Eddie Carthan, the black mayor of Tchula, Mississippi, seen at the party celebrating the commutation of his sentence. Carthan was jailed on charges thought... |
| Date: | 09 19 1955 |
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| Description: | Roy Bryant, one of the two men charged with the murder of Emmett Till who had allegedly whistled at Bryant's wife, Carolyn. She sits at Bryant's right, and... |
| Date: | 09 19 1955 |
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| Description: | Roy Bryant, and his half-brother J.W. Milam, (left to right) with their attorney on the opening day of their trial for the murder of Emmett Till. The 14-ye... |
| Date: | 09 22 1955 |
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| Description: | Willie Reed, an 18-year-old "surprise" witness who bravely testified during the murder trial of 14-year-old Emmett Till, correctly identifying the white de... |
| Date: | 01 22 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of Hattiesburg police officers wearing helmets and carrying batons walk in formation down a street in the rain at a Freedom Day on their way to For... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Two men holding protest signs are walking down a sidewalk past a white police officer who is holding a bullhorn at a Greenwood Freedom Day. In the backgrou... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A line of predominantly African-American people likely outside of the Leflore County Courthouse, probably at a voter registration drive. Caucasian law enfo... |
| Date: | 07 16 1964 |
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| Description: | Police drag away 15-year-old Annie Lee Turner. Officers are wearing helmets and holding batons. A couple of men with cameras are walking towards the person... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Annie Devine, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Victoria Gray, fellow MFDP candidates. All three women are wearing hats and carrying handbags. A crowd of people are be... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A poster with the headline, "I Will Never Turn Back," a quote from a young woman in Mississippi for the Freedom Summer Project in a letter to her mother. B... |
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| Description: | A poster with an image of armed law enforcement officers surrounding a building during an election or voter education meeting. The text reads, "Voters Welc... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A protest of Woolworth's department store during Freedom Summer. A line of people are standing on the sidewalk in front of Woolworth's show windows while a... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of police officers wearing helmets are walking along the sidewalk. Behind them is an intersection, with a number of pedestrians on the sidewalk and... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of male and female protestors and law enforcement officers stand on the sidewalk outside of a Woolworth's department store during Freedom Summer. O... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A line of protestors outside of a Woolworth's department store during Freedom Summer hold signs while law enforcement officers stand nearby. Two of the si... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of law enforcement officers stand in the street near a vehicle labeled "Police Department" on the side. In the foreground on the left a police offi... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of law enforcement officers wearing helmets hold rolled up paper, probably signs confiscated from demonstrators during a Freedom Summer protest out... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman stands in the foreground looking at the camera, while behind her two law enforcement officers wearing helmets examine protestors during a Freedom S... |
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