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Children at Play in Chicago Alley

Date: 07 1923
Description: Children at play in a dirt alley on Chicago's west side.
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Impoverished African American Children

Date: 02 25 1915
Description: Five impoverished and disheveled-looking African American children sitting on the ground near their home. Original caption reads: "These five little Negro ...
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Fair Housing March

Date: 08 29 1966
Description: Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march.
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Johns Island Family on Porch

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Description: An African American woman with two children on the porch of a house on Johns Island.
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Family Standing on Porch

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Description: An African American family standing on the porch of their home, behind a wooden picket fence.
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Southern Housing Conditions

Date: 08 1963
Description: Marjory Collins, a writer and photographer for the "National Guardian," took this picture of the housing of poor blacks.
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Woman and Children in Substandard Housing

Date: 1956
Description: Woman and four children sing in front of a makeshift tent that is used as their home.

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