1956

Americans for Democratic Action

Pamphlet

Title: Voting Guide 1956

One pamphlet entitled, "Voting Guide 1956," printed by Americans for Democratic Action dated 1956. Item is a collection of essays by political officials, academics and authors of other professions on issues related to voting; immigration, civil rights, farming, foreign policy, the role of the president, welfare, Supreme Court decisions, and other topics.

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February 15, 1953

University of Chicago Round Table

Pamphlet

Title: Tolerance and Cooperation in American Democracy

One pamphlet entitled, "Tolerance and Cooperation in American Democracy," printed by the University of Chicago Round Table dated February 15, 1953. Item is a transcript of a previously recorded NBC radio discussion between WIlliam R. Ming, Jr., T.V. Smith and Walter White focused on the topics of tolerance, fraternity and the growing power of the black voter. Also included is an essay "The American Way of Life" by Robert M. Hutchins.

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1955

Urban League (Kansas City, Mo.)

Pamphlet

Title: What's Cookin' in Urban League Guild.

One pamphlet entitled, "What's Cookin' in Urban League Guild," dated 1955. Item is a cookbook of recipes collected by members of the Urban League Guild as a fundraiser.

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April 1953

Perry, Pettis, 1897-1965

Pamphlet

Title: The Communist Party

One report entitled, "The Communist Party" by Pettis Perry, dated April 1953. Item is a transcipt of a speech by Pettis Perry to a jury on January 12, 1953. The case involved Perry, who was accused of involvement with the Communist Party of USA. Perry acted as his own counsel defending his involvement with the party and its alignment with civil rights for African Americans.

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13 August 1965

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: [Civil rights protest on August 13, 1965]

One photograph dated August 13, 1965. Image is of people marching. Some are linked arm in arm and others hold posters. Some posters read, "I Am A Union Man Color Me White Only," "Mr. 'A' Put Segregation Away," "CORE," Unions for Black Man Too."

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25 July 1966

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Her Friends Injured During Racial Violence

One photograph by Associated Press dated July 25, 1966. Image is of a young girl holding a cigarette. Behind her are four men. One man on the left has his head bent forward, hands covered in blood; another injured man, pictured in the middle, is on the ground; and two other men are staring away from the scene. Wire transfer information states that violence in East New York started after a sniper killed an 11-year-old Black boy.

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21 December 1956

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [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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February 22, 1956

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: [Portrait of Rosa Parks giving fingerprints at police station]

One photograph of Rosa Parks dated February 22, 1956. Image is of Parks at police station being fingerprinted by Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama.

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February 22, 1956

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: [Portrait of Rosa Parks giving fingerprints at police station]

One photograph of Rosa Parks dated February 22, 1956. Image is of Parks at police station being fingerprinted by Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama.

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February 22, 1956

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: [Portrait of Rosa Parks giving fingerprints at police station]

One photograph of Rosa Parks dated February 22, 1956. Image is of Parks at police station being fingerprinted by Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama.

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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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