1968

Harris, Charles, 1908-1988

Poster

Title: [Protesters with signs reading "Citizens Commitee Says Negro Teachers Want Upgrading Now" and "Doctor Marland Says Wait 4 Years, We Say do It Now" outside Pittsburgh Board of Education building]

One black and white photograph of protesters dated 1968 taken by Charles "Teenie" Harris. Image displays protesters--adults and children--holding signs that read, "Citizens Committee Says Negro Teachers Want Upgrading Now," "Dr. Marland Says Wait 4 Years, We Say Do It Now," and "Citizens Committee Says We Want Negro Principals Now!"

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1963

Moore, Charles, 1931-2010

Poster

Title: The Dogs' Attack is Negroes' Reward

One poster dated 1963 entitled, "The Dogs' Attack is Negroes' Reward." Image displays white police officers with canines during a protest. One dog is biting into a black man's leg.

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May 1965

Sleet, Moneta Jr., 1926-1996

Poster

Title: 50,000 March on Montgomery

One cover of Ebony magazine entitled, "50,000 March on Montgomery," dated May 1965. Image displays marchers of the 1965 March on Montgomery. Notable figures featured are Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Ralph Abernathy, and Ralph J. Bunche.

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28 July 1967

Dandridge, Frank, fl. 1967

Magazine

Title: Newark: The Predictable Insurrection

One cover of Life magazine entitled, "Newark: The Predictable Insurrection," dated July 28, 1967. Image displays the body of Joe Bass Jr., a 12-year-old boy who was wounded by police gunfire during a riot.

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8 March 1968

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006

Poster

Title: The Negro and the Cities: The Cry That Will be Heard

One cover of Life magazine entitled, "The Negro and the Cities: The Cry That Will be Heard," dated March 8, 1968. Image consists of a tear-eyed African-American girl, Ellen Fontenelle.

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9 March 1965

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: 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 march to cease 50 miles out of Montgomery, Alabama.

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9 March 1965

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: 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 protests outside of Selma, Alabama. There were an estimated 2,000 people who turned back a judge ordered a stop on the march.

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10 March 1965

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: 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, the city jail, the courthouse and routes. Wire transfer information describes a march route that was halted.

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12 May 1963

unknown, fl. 1963

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Demonstration Against Racial Segregation]

One photograph dated May 12, 1963. Features a crowd gathered in front of a city hall. Image is of a crowd of demonstrators at the steps of city hall. Two children stand out from the crowd in the bottom left of the photograph. On reverse side is a stamp that reads, "Racial Segregation - S.F. Demonstration City Hall."

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10 March 1965

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Freedom March On Capitol

One wirephoto entitled, "Freedom March On Capitol" taken by Associated Press dated March 10, 1965. Image is of students on a city street surrounded by state troopers, officials, and reporters in front of the Alabama State Capitol Building in Montgomery. Wire transfer information states that the students and faculty of the Tuskegee Institute staged a march at the Alabama State Capitol.

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February 3, 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: New York School Boycotts

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated February 3, 1964. Features protestors marching across the Brooklyn Bridge, holding posters calling for the end of segregation and for equal opportunity education. Caption explains that the route went from City Hall to the Brooklyn Board of Education and that a third of the city students boycotted schools.

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11 March 1965

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Police Break Up Demonstration

One wirephoto entitled, "Police Break Up Demonstration," taken by Associated Press dated March 11, 1965. Image is four police officers dragging two protestors from a demonstration. Wire transfer information states that the two men were carried off from a sit-down at Montgomery, Alabama.

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7 March 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Police Fighting with CORE Demonstrators on Triborough Bridge, New York]

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated March 7, 1964. Image is of police removing Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) demonstrators from New York's Triborough Bridge. Seen in the background are cars in traffic. Wire transfer information states that CORE staged a protest concerning conditions in East Harlem schools, on the bridge blocking traffic.

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11 March 1965

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Came the Dawn

One wirephoto entitled, "Came the Dawn" taken by Associated Press dated March 11, 1965. Image is of a line of protestors wrapped in blankets by a church. Police officers are photographed alongside of them. Wire transfer information states that the protesters staged a camp-in. Their plan was to march to the courthouse following the sleeping on the street in front of a church.

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12 March 1965

Enquirer, Ledger, fl. 1965

Photograph

Title: [Religious Leaders Speak to the press in Selma, Alabama]

One press photograph taken by the Ledger Enquirer dated March 12, 1965. Image is of a group of clergy addressing the press in Selma, Alabama following a march for voting rights.

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7 March 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Civil Rights Demonstrators Block Bridge

One photograph entitled, "Civil Rights Demonstrators Block Bridge," taken by Associated Press dated March 7, 1964. Image is of five demonstrators from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) sitting in the middle of the road blocking the Manhattan approach to the Triborough Bridge. CORE dumped garbage on the bridge in protest of conditions in East Harlem schools.

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4 April 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Civil Rights Protest at World Fair Grounds]

One photograph taken by United Press International dated April 4, 1964. Image is of demonstrators lying down in the road outside the Flushing Meadow World's Fairgrounds. There are multiple police officers pictured as well. The caption explains that police soon removed the protestor and that 28 people were arrested including the leader of the school boycott movement, Rev. Milton A. Galamison.

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18 May 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Picket Governors Office

One photograph entitled, "Picket Governors Office," taken by the Associated Press dated May 18, 1964. Image is of protesters with signs of New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller's office. Protestors march behind a police line holding/wearing signs that asking for schools to be integrated. Wire transfer information states that protests took place on the Brown v. Board of Education decision's tenth anniversary.

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13 March 1965

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Far Enough

One wirephoto entitled, "Far Enough" taken by Associated Press dated March 13, 1965. Image is of a police officer holding a demonstrator back with a club as the demonstrator links arms with fellow protestors. Wire transfer information states that police officers attempted to stop the march headed for the courthouse in Selma, Alabama.

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19 July 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: New York

One photograph by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a woman being assisted by three policemen. Wire transfer information states she was injured during a riot in Harlem, described as a "debris-and-missile-throwing melee." Riots took place after the fatal shooting of James Powell, a Black teenager, by a white off-duty police officer Thomas Gilligan. Rioters used bottles, clubs, bricks and Molotov cocktails against 300 policemen. Text indicates that the picture should not be used within 60 miles of New York City.

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13 March 1965

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Baker Block the Way

One wirephoto entitled, "Baker Block the Way" taken by the Associated Press dated March 13, 1965. Image is of Wilson Baker stopping demonstrators headed towards a protest for voting rights. Wire transfer information states that protesters led by clergymen were en route to the courthouse for a prayer session.

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19 July 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Running From the Police

One photograph entitled, "Running from the Police," taken by the Associated Press dated July 19 1964. Image is of Black residents of Harlem standing back from police officers. The wire transfer information states that the police were using nightsticks to break up a crowd that gathered for the funeral of James Powell.

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15 March 1965

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: March Halted

One wirephoto entitled, "March Halted," taken by Associated Press dated March 15, 1965. Image is of C.T. Vivian linked in arms with Dana McLean Greely. Sheriff James Clark and other police officers blocks their path. Wire transfer information identifies C.T. Vivian as an integration leader and Dana McLean Greeley as the president of the Unitarian Universalist Association of North America.

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19 July 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: New York

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Photograph features two images of police officers. The first image is of an officer kneeling behind a tree with his gun drawn. The second image is of a police officer walking on 7th Ave and W. 131 Street holding a gun and nightstick.

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19 July 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: New York

One telephoto entitled, "New York" taken by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Image is of police officers marking in a line. Also photographed are two residents of Harlem. Wire transfer information states that 300 police officers were patrolling an area in Harlem.

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