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| Date: | 04 1965 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a bonnet sits inside the open doorway of a building. A sign above the doorway reads "Winstonville City Hall." |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A simple map of the Mississippi Project. There are symbols at the bottom marking locations for: Voter Registration, Freedom School, Community Center and Pr... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn map showing the "Negro Percentage of Each County's Population" in Mississippi. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman approaches the steps at Leflore County Courthouse. |
| Date: | 03 30 1962 |
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| Description: | Menu from the Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel, with an illustration of an arch over an elevated, covered walkway, cars on the road beneath, and the motel in the yel... |
| Date: | 10 28 1964 |
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| Description: | Four small black-and-white portraits of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party candidates: Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, Aaron Henry, and Victoria Gray... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regimental Marker at Vicksburg National Military Park features a sculpture of the eagle "Old Abe" on the side. The monument is m... |
| Date: | 07 04 1863 |
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| Description: | Vicksburg Daily Citizen of July 2, 1864. This copy bears handwritten notes about the surrender of Vicksburg and the acquisition of the paper by Lewi... |
| Date: | 07 04 1863 |
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| Description: | Blue and white floral print wallpaper on which the Vicksburg Daily Citizen of July 2, 1863 is printed. |
| Date: | 07 02 1864 |
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| Description: | First edition of the July 2, 1864 edition of The Daily Citizen as set by James M. Swords. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A large group of volunteers pose on the steps in front of the Holly Springs Freedom School. |
| Date: | 05 01 1928 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 01 1928 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 01 2014 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Lafayette County Courthouse from the balcony of Square Books bookstore. Christmas lights, wreaths, and garlands decorate the square, c... |
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