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Picking Out Some Shoes

One wirephoto entitled, "Picking Out Some Shoes," taken by the Associated Press, dated August 14, 1965. Image is of a man reaching into the broken window of a shoe store. Wire transfer information states that the image taken was of a broken...

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Hurt in Los Angeles Riots

One wirephoto entitled, "Hurt in Los Angeles Riots," taken by the Associated Press dated August 15, 1965. Image is of two fire fighters holding up a Black man in front of a store. Wire transfer information states the man was in a burning store before...

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[Sheriff Frank J. Pelz reads court order to pickets]

One black and white photograph taken by Richard Childress dated May 16, 1966. Center of image is of Sheriff Frank J. Pelz reading a court order to people demonstrating in front of the Horizon House apartments. The demonstration was
organized by the...

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Forcible Ejection

One wirephoto entitled, "Forcible Ejection," taken by the Associated Press dated June 16, 1966. Image is of
Reverend Virgil Wood protesting against segregation in Boston public schools. Wire transfer information states that Reverend Wood rushed the...

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[Photograph of people on a street with torn down store fronts]

One black and white photograph dated July 19, 1965. Pictured is a street where one building has been destroyed. Also in the photograph are people standing in front of the businesses and walking on the sidewalk. A news caption attached to back of the...

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Anti-Demonstration Casulty

One wirephoto entitled, "Anti-Demonstration Casulty" taken by the Associated Press dated October 19, 1966. Image is of two panels from same protest. On the left is a Black man carrying a sign that reads, "Police, Protectors-of-the-rich Executors-of...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" taken by UPI dated March 10, 1965. Image is of protesters being arrested. A police officer drags a woman from the road. While others sit against a bus. One protester is speaking into a megaphone. Onlookers stand in...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" taken by UPI dated June 10, 1965. Image is of protesters walking down Balboa Drive in Chicago. They are pictured marching hand-in-hand in rows. Wire transfer information states that the protest was organized against...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" taken by UPI dated June 29, 1965. Image is of protestors lying down on a street in Chicago. A man stands above them holding out a microphone. Police officers and cars visible in the background. Wire transfer...

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Mayor's Neighbors Picket Rights Marchers

One wirephoto entitled, "Mayor's Neighbors Picket Rights Marchers," taken by Associated Press dated August 4, 1965. Image is of protesters walking down a street while white individuals standing on a doorstep hold signs in support of Chicago Mayor...

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Marching Orders

One black and white photograph entitled, "Marching Orders" taken by Associated Press dated September 15, 1966. Image is of a crowd of protesters in Chicago. A man in the center of the photograph has his back to viewer and faces the crowd. A man to...

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Resistance with Restraint

One black and white photograph entitled, "Resistance with Restraint" taken by the Associated Press dated May 12, 1957. Image is of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at a podium. On the reverse side is a typed note that includes an excerpt of his speech...

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[Martin Luther King Jr. receiving the Spingarn Medal]

One black and white photograph dated June 28, 1957. Image is of Martin Luther King Jr., receiving the Spingarn Medal at the 48th annual NAACP convention. He was presented the by Bishop Richard S. Emrich in Detroit, Michigan.

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Normal School Life

One wirephoto entitled, "Normal School Life," taken by the Associated Press dated September 6, 1957. Image is of students known as "Little Rock Nine" and National Guardsmen in front of Little Rock Central High School. Wire transfer information states...

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Marching Off To Jail

One wirephoto entitled, "Marching Off To Jail," taken by Associated Press dated February 5, 1965. Image is of people marching in Selma, Alabama. They were marching to jail to protest voting restrictions against Black people. Wire transfer information...

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Little Rock

One telephoto entitled, "Little Rock," taken by UPI dated September 23, 1957. Image is of three police officers carrying a man by his hands and feet. Wire transfer information states that riots had taken place after nine Black students were blocked...

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Halts Night March

One wirephoto entitled, "Halts Night March," taken by Associated Press dated February 20, 1965. Image is of religious leaders talking to civil rights activists. Wire transfer information states that Selma Public Safety Director Wilson Baker spoke to...

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Whites Join Negro Protest

One wirephoto entitled, "Whites Join Negro Protest," taken by Associated Press dated March 6, 1965. Image is of white protesters holding signs that read "Votelessness = Hopelessness," "Decent Alabamians Detest Police Brutality." Wire transfer...

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Little Rock, Ark.

One telephoto entitled "Little Rock, Ark.," taken by UPI dated September 25, 1957. Image is of the Little Rock Nine being escorted into Central High School by the National Guard. Wire transfer information states that paratroopers escroted nine Black...

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Troopers in action

One wirephoto entitled, "Troops in Action" taken by Associated Press dated March 7, 1965. Image is of state troopers removing a protester in front of a gas station. Wire transfer information states that state troopers wore gas masks while breaking up...

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Charge

One wirephoto entitled, "Charge" taken by Associated Press dated March 8, 1965. Image is of state troops breaking up a civil rights demonstration. Wire transfer information states that the demonstration took place in Selma, Alabama. The purpose of...

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Integration Scene Peaceful

One wirephoto entitled, "Integration Scene Peaceful," taken by the Associated Press dated September 29, 1957. Image is of paratroopers patrolling the grounds in front of Little Rock Central High School. Wire transfer information states that...

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Marchers Kneel in Prayer

One wirephoto entitled, "Marchers Kneel in Prayer," taken by Associated Press dated March 9, 1965. Image is of a line of protesters praying on their knees. Across from them are state troopers. Wire transfer information states that a judge ordered the...

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Confrontation

One wirephoto entitled "Confrontation" taken by Associated Press dated March 9, 1965. Image is of protestors approaching a line of state troopers armed with clubs on a highway. Wire transfer information describes that state troopers blocked the...

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Scene of Racial Unrest

One wirephoto entitled, "Scene of Racial Unrest," taken by Associated Press dated March 10, 1965. Image is a map of locations in Selma, Alabama identifying areas of civil rights demonstrations. The identified areas were Browns Chapel A.M.E. Church...

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