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Eleanor Roosevelt with Friends

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Description: Eleanor Roosevelt, on left, shaking hands with Mrs. Jennings Perry, standing. May Justus is on the right. At Highlander Folk School. Possibly part of 25th ...
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CIO School Banquet

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Description: Members of the CIO School at a banquet. Fifth from left, Bill Kornhauser, Antioch student, later professor of sociology. Zilphia Horton, extreme left foreg...
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Bernice Robinson, Esau Jenkins, and Lewis Sinclair

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Description: Bernice Robinson, Esau Jenkins, and Lewis Sinclair listening to an audio recording at Highlander Folk School.
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Rosa Parks at Segregation Workshop

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: Dr. C.H. Paris, Fred Patterson, and Mrs. Rosa Parks attending a Segregation Workshop at Highlander Folk School.
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Zilphia and Thorsten Horton

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Description: Zilphia Horton with son, Thorsten, sitting on the bench of a carriage.
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Thorsten Horton, Myles Horton, and Rosa Parks

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Description: Thorsten and Myles Horton, sitting on left, watching Rosa Parks, standing and speaking at Highlander Folk School.
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Portrait of Zilphia Horton

Date: 1941
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Zilphia Horton.
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Myles Horton Peering off of a Porch

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Description: Rear view of an aging Myles Horton, co-founder of Highlander Folk School, peering over the side of a raised porch with a view to the horizon. There are two...
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Portrait of Septima Clark

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Description: Civil Rights activist, Septima Clark, at Highlander Folk School.
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International Harvester Tent at a Fair

Date: 1938
Description: People browse through an International Harvester display tent, possibly at the Tennessee Valley Fair. The tent features displays of International Harvester...
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Striking Workers at Lookout Oil

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Description: Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 186 in a picket line at Lookout Oil & Refining Company, a producer of salad and vegeta...
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George B. McMillan

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Description: George McMillan poses next to a tree and an unidentified woman. A handwritten caption beneath the image reads, "This tree sheltered me." He was a veteran o...
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Dedication of the Wisconsin Civil War Monument

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Description: A group portrait taken in front of the Wisconsin Civil War Monument at its dedication ceremony. Third and fourth from the left in the front row are George ...
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Front Yard Landscaping of House

Date: 1928
Description: Front yard landscaping of the residential home of A.R. Matthews, master farmer.
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First National ACORN Convention

Date: 12 1978
Description: A crowd of people with signs march to the Democratic Party mid-term convention during the first national ACORN convention.
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President's Dinner at Gayoso Hotel Menu

Date: 10 14 1887
Description: One-page menu for the visit of President Grover Cleveland to Memphis, with a woman with an upswept hairstyle and a choker, wearing a low-necked Delftware-p...
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Portrait of Zilphia Horton

Date: 1942
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Zilphia Horton, wife of Myles Horton, the founder of Highlander Folk School.
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Pete Seeger and Florence Reece

Date: 10 1982
Description: Pete Seeger and Florence Reece at Highlander Benefit Concert at Bijou Theater. The inscription written on Seeger's banjo reads: "This Machine Surrounds Hat...
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TERN Worker Exchange Reunion Tour

Date: 10 2003
Description: Group portrait of eight people posing at a table in a restaurant. Caption reads: "TERN [Tennessee Economic Renewal Network] Worker Exchange Reunion Tour: D...
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Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride

Date: 10 2003
Description: A group of people are marching on a street, holding small American flags, crosses, and a banner. The banner reads: "Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride 2003 Los...

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