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| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A crowd outdoors at a freedom vote, a mock election designed to include African-Americans who were unable to register to vote. |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Metro parked outdoors photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "Delta Ministry Express - 80 m.p.h. trip from Hattiesburg to Edward... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Delta Ministry Office at 702 Wall Street taken by a civil rights volunteer. The office was directed by Reverend Harry Bowie, "the form... |
| 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: | An elevated view of a large group of people standing in a circle around empty benches holding hands. Vehicles are parked near houses in the background. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of young people on a sidewalk protesting with signs in support of the MFDP. |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of three ministers taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Ned Gillam, Disciple of Christ minister, Fairfield, Iowa, was denied admittance to... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Exterior of a home taken by a civil rights volunteer. "The front porch of our home at Mrs. Willie Thompson's, 808 Augusta, McComb, Mississippi. The hous... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | The meeting place of the MFDP (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party) in McComb, taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Quin's house — the door was the ... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | View of a home taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Quin's home. The section to the right of the tree shows the new bedroom, rebuilt after it was b... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman stand next to each other in front of a home in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Alyene Quin, one of the most courageou... |
| Date: | 07 18 1965 |
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| Description: | Exterior of a church building taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Dedication services of the Society Hill Baptist Church. At least 400 negroes jammed t... |
| Date: | 07 18 1965 |
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| Description: | Image of a church dedication service taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Church dedication — Society Hill Baptist Church — most of these people are minis... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A group of children in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "My Freedom School friends and students. Left to right: Cleophus (call me Cleo) Brow... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A group of Freedom School students walk along a road in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Freedom School students on way to see the superinte... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A housing development built to serve the African-American community in McComb, canvassed by civil rights volunteers. "Government built development in McC... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A grave in a segregated cemetery photographed by a civil rights volunteer, who notes that these grounds are cared for "without the benefit of the town's fu... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A grave in a segregated cemetery photographed by a civil rights volunteer, who notes that the Caucasian cemetery uses town funding while the African-Americ... |
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