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Inside of the West Point Freedom House

Date: 1965
Description: A man stands in a kitchen, while a woman on the far right of the frame looks on. The building is a Freedom House used by civil rights volunteers.
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Freedom House Ruins

Date: 1965
Description: A man and a woman stand near a fireplace and other rubble of a burned Freedom House used by civil rights workers. The house was "burned down in the middle ...
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Freedom House Ruins

Date: 1965
Description: A man and a woman stand near a fireplace and other rubble of a burned Freedom House used by civil rights workers. The house was "burned down in the middle ...
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Man Standing Next to Sign

Date: 1965
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...
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Man at Water Pump

Date: 1965
Description: A man hand pumps water in the yard outside of White Station Freedom House. "In all the rural Freedom Houses (and all rural houses) wells and outhous...
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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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Civil Rights Workers Talking to Woman

Date: 1965
Description: A woman and a man stand and talk to a seated woman. The standing woman is showing her papers. In the background, a man sits on a sofa talking to a child se...
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Store Owned by Adell Bennett

Date: 1965
Description: A small store with porch and a gas pump out in front. A car is parked nearby on the right. A man stands in the doorway of the neighboring building. "The st...
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Man Driving Team of Mules Pulling Wagon

Date: 1965
Description: A man is seated on a wagon pulled by mules. The image caption reports that "mules are still used by many farmers as transportation. Occasionally you see a ...
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Freedom Day

Date: 02 28 1964
Description: Civil rights activities near the Canton, Mississippi courthouse. Two police officers are pictured holding shot guns and carrying bags of tear gas equipment...
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Nomis McNamara

Date: 1965
Description: Nomis McNamara, supporter of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), in an image tentatively identified as taken at a barbeque hosted by Mr. Step...
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Natchez, Mississippi

Date: 1965
Description: Several cars are parked outdoors. To the right, a man washes his pickup truck. To the left, a man leans against a car. Nearby, a child is seated on a short...
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Woman at Leflore County Courthouse

Date: 1964
Description: A woman approaches the steps at Leflore County Courthouse.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Freedom Vote Candidates

Date: 10 28 1964
Description: Four small black-and-white portraits of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party candidates: Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, Aaron Henry, and Victoria Gray...
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Farmall Tractor and Russell "Junior"

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Right side view of two men in a wet, muddy field. One of the men is driving a Farmall tractor which is pulling another man who is standing on the back of a...
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Men Using Farmall Tractor to Power Saw

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Side view of two men using a Farmall tractor to power a saw that they are using to cut logs. Behind the woodpile is a bell on a small wooden tower. In the ...
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Man Driving a Farmall M Tractor with 4 Row Cultivator

Date: 1939
Description: View from front of a man driving a Farmall M tractor with a 4 row cultivator in a field near Greenwood on the D.D. Weir plantation. There are small buildin...
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Lunch Counter Protest

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: A slightly elevated view of a civil rights sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter. John Salter is seated in the foreground. Sitting next to him is Joan Trum...
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Teenagers at Lunch Counter Sit-In

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: A group of white teenage boys pour drinks and condiments on African American students sitting at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a non-violent demonstration...

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