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Another Day, Another Confrontation

One wirephoto entitled, "Another Day, Another Confrontation," taken by Associated Press dated March 15, 1965. Images is of police officers blocking a large crowd of demonstrators with police cars. Wire transfer information states that Sheriff James...

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Pistol Wielding Police Clear Harlem Riot Area

One photograph entitled, "Pistol Wielding Police Clear Harlem Riot Area" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a scene during the 1964 Harlem Riot. Pictured are police officers running in front of a theatre while other bystanders...

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[Protesters at the Alabama State Capitol]

One photograph of a protest dated March 16, 1965. Image is of demonstrators blocked by barricades and police officers as others look on from the steps of the State Capitol.

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Police Lead Negro From Harlem Riot Scene

One photograph entitled, "Police Lead Negro From Harlem Riot Scene" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a police officer lading a cuffed Black man by the arm past a line of police officers. Wire transfer information states that...

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Tenting Tonight

One wirephoto entitled, "Tenting Tonight" taken by Associated Press dated March 21, 1965. Image is of a group of marchers resting on blankets on the ground as they prepare to continue the Selma to Montgomery March. Wire transfer information states...

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Equality in Harlem

One photograph entitled, "Equality in Harlem" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a barricade blocking residents on the corner of 7th Avenue and W. 133rd Street. Wire transfer information states that the barricade was an...

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Harlem Riot Scene

One photograph entitled, "Harlem Riot Scene" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a crowd in Harlem. A police van and parked cars are in front of them and traffic is behind them. Wire transfer information states that the protest...

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[Demonstrators cross Edmund Pettus Bridge during a march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama]

One photograph taken by the Associated Press dated March 22, 1965. Image is an aerial view of a dense crowd of marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 21, 1965.

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Steel Store Front Guard Ripped Off By Rioters

One photograph entitled, "Steel Store Front Guard Ripped Off by Rioters," taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a steel fence ripped off during a riot. Wire transfer information states that fence was in front of a pawnshop in...

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New York

One photograph entitled, "New York" taken by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a police officer looking at a brocken store front window of a furniture store, damaged during the Harlem riots. Wire transfer information claims...

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Civil Rights Marchers Swarm On the Capitol

One wirephoto entitled, "Civil Rights Marchers Swarm On the Capitol," taken by Associated Press dated March 26, 1965. Image is of a crowd in front of the Alabama State Capitol on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery march. Wire transfer...

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Clean-Up After Harlem Riot

One photograph entitled, "Clean-Up After Harlem Riot" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of three residents and police officers surveying the damage of a pawn shop, Isaac Leon Corp. Wire transfer information states that damages...

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[Brigadier General Henry V. Graham supervises the voting rights march to Selma]

One photograph taken by the Ledger Enquirer dated March 25, 1965. Image is of Brigadier General Henry V. Graham walking towards demonstrators gathered in the plaza of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

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New York

One wirephoto entitled, "New York" by United Press International dated July 20, 1964. Image is of police removing ammunition and weapons from truck. On the sidewalk, two people watch the police. Wire transfer information states that people threw...

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Beefed-Up Police Force Near the Funeral of Negro Boy

One photograph entitled, "Beefed-Up Police Force Near the Funeral of Negro Boy" dated July 20, 1964. Image is of people behind a barricade. A group of police officers stands on the other side of the barricade. A newspaper clipping is pasted on the...

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[Ohio State University students during protest]

One black and white photograph dated April 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are students in front of a building amidst protesting.

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[Ohio State University students on grass during protest]

One black and white photograph dated April 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are students on grass during protest. Possibly outside Denney Hall.

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[Press photograph of Martha Love, unionizer]

One press photograph of Martha Love, Vice President of Local 1055, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in Milwaukee dated March 7, 1986. Reverse side of photo contains newsclippings of profiles on Love. Details her work with...

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[Photograph of Robert Flack]

One press photograph taken by Jay Bernstein of musician Roberta Flack dated 1974. Image is a portrait of the artist seated at the piano in nature. Reverse side contains a promotion for her televised musical special, "Roberta Flack...The First Time...

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[Photograph of Lillian Davis]

One black-and-white image taken by Richard Carson dated January 31, 1991 for the Houston Chronicle. Pictured is Lillian Davis for a Black History Month assignment. She holds a portrait of her grandparents who were formerly enslaved people, Mitchell...

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Addison Youth Is State Jaycee Contest Winner

A story discussing 17-year-old Kenneth Whitlock, from Lucy Addison High School, winning the Junior Chamber of Commerce regional oratorical contest. He is the first African-American to do so. The article also notes he was the president of the state...

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[Portrait of Rosa Parks]

One photograph of Rosa Parks dated December 21, 1956. Image has been edited to feature a closer portrait of Parks riding a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1956 on the day that segregation in public transportation was banned.

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[Form certifying James E. Kelly's payment as a witness]

One document dated December 11, 1874 from James S., certifying that James E. Kelly was paid three dollars for serving as a witness during a court martial appointment.

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Ella's Night, A Tribute to Miss Ella Fitzgerald

One pamphlet entitled, "Ella's Night, A Tribute to Miss Ella Fitzgerald," dated December 1, 1968. This commemorates an evening in the New York Coliseum sponsored by the Tau Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Fitzgerald was honored for a...

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[Carte-de-visite of emancipated children, Isaac and Rosa]

One carte-de-visite entitled,"Issac & Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans," dated 1863 printed by Kimball. Imprint on image details that the children were emancipated by George H. Hanks. Image consists of two children holding hands. This item would...

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