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| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College ... |
| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| Description: | Civil rights sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter. Seated at the counter from left to right are by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. People pour ... |
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| Description: | Charred remains of a Baptist College after having been burned. |
| 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 1955 |
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| Description: | Rev. Moses Wright and his son Simon outside the Sumner courthouse where two white men were on trial for the murder of 14 year-old Emmett Till (Wright's nep... |
| 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: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | A group of African Americans in the courtroom at the Emmett Till murder trial. The 14-year-old Till, who was visiting Mississippi from Chicago, was murdere... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A group sings freedom songs at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster for Victoria Gray. She ran against the policies of white segregationist Senator John Stennis in the 5th District. Along with Fannie Lou Ham... |
| 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: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A map with handwritten notes and locations for Freedom Fighters participating in the Canton Boycott, for orientation during picketing. It is not a map show... |
| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| Description: | Three civil rights activists sit at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a non-violent demonstration. From left to right are Professor John Salter, Joan Trumpaue... |
| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| Description: | Civil rights activist Walter Williams lying face down on the floor near the lunch counter at Woolworths, where he was taking part in a sit-in. He had just ... |
| Date: | 08 1963 |
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| Description: | African-Americans approach the courthouse in order to vote. The original caption reads: "Negro citizens attempt to cast ballots in Greenwood, August 1963. ... |
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| Description: | The front page of a pamphlet regarding the "Freedom Democrats" with the headline: "Mississippi Faces Challenge." |
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