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| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A car trunk in the foreground frames a house in the background in this image taken by a civil rights volunteer. "House in background is used by twenty-fi... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A woman and two children, photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Ernestine Bishop, another most courageous freedom worker. Last summer she walk... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A man stands on the road outside a home shortly after civil rights volunteers depart from canvassing. "Leaving a house (on the right) after canvassing. B... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A rural road canvassed and photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "'A country mile' - one road to canvass in Summit, Miss. Actually the shaded part of... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A home canvassed by a civil rights volunteer. "One of the 'better' homes that was canvassed in Summit. This one could also represent many homes in Hattie... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Lodge Hall on Highway 98, photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "Another picture of the Lodge Hall, Summit, the site of our first freedom meetings. [... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A rural schoolhouse photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "A Negro school located outside Gillsburg, Miss. Photographed on our trip to return two MFD... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Rear view of the home of Mrs. Thompson, who hosted civil rights volunteers in her house. "Back part of Mrs. Thompson's house. Large fan in the kitchen wi... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Image of a billboard near a road taken by a civil rights volunteer. A man stands in front of the billboard across the road. "'Martin Luther King at Comm... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | An African-American church building located near the African American school, as photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "Photographed on our trip to r... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Freedom School students photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "A free Coke for all - offered by the new superintendent of schools - helped to create ... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Bob (Robert) Moses speaking at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer. |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Teachers at the Freedom School convention during Freedom Summer. The woman in the center is Liz Fusco, one of the coordinators of the Freedom School projec... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman speak at a podium in front of a mural at the Freedom School convention during Freedom Summer. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Three people working on a community construction project. All three support a beam, while the man in the foreground hammers a nail into it. |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Two women clap and sing at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project. Behind them is a mural, and a banner that says "St... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A group claps and sings at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project. |
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