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[Photograph of a rally in support of Angela Davis]

One black and white photograph taken by "Zabala" dated August 4, 1971. Image is of a crowd of people gathered on a lawn. Some members of the crowd sit on top of a parked car in the foreground. Reverse side contains a stamp that reads, "Angela Davis...

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Danville, Va.

One telephoto entitled, "Danville, Va." taken by UPI dated June 10, 1963. Image is Black protesters marching down a street. Wire transfer information states the protesters pictured were en route to a desegregation rally.

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Police Drag Demonstrators to Clear Street

One wirephoto entitled, "Police Drag Demonstrators to Clear Street," taken by Associated Press dated April 29, 1964. Image is of a police officer dragging a Black man by his legs. Other officers and civilians walk around the street or are sitting on...

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Vows to March

One photograph entitled, "Vows to March," taken by Associated Press dated February 13, 1965. Image is of Hosea Williams encouraging a crowd to prepare for a march. Williams stands on the right side of the scene with his arm stretched out. Others
look...

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"Always against the People! Gov. Grover Cleveland, the chief of adulterators!!"

One pamphlet entitled, "Always against the People! Gov. Grover Cleveland, the chief of adulterators!!" Printed in 1884 by J.S. Goldsmith. Item was printed to oppose Grover Cleveland's bid for President based on his veto of an anti-food adulteration...

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to John P. Warwick

One letter to John P. Warwick from Dwight D. Eisenhower dated February 15, 1964. Pertains to Warwick's dislike for 1964 Republican Party nominees for President, Mark Hatfield and Pete Dominick. Eisenhower states that he had suggested the two men run...

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Votes For Women

One pin with that text that reads, "Votes For Women" printed by National Equipment Co., dated approximately 1900. Item is round with red border. Inside of border are four blue stars on a white background surrounded by a blue border. There is a sharp...

GLC09764

Berkeley, Calif.

One telephoto entitled, "Berkeley, Calif.," taken by UPI dated March 9, 1965. Image is of a crowd of protesters with city buildings visible in the background. Wire transfer information states that protest took place from UC Berkeley to Oakland City...

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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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[Photograph of protest against the Enoch Pratt Free Library branch closing]

One undated black and white photograph people carrying demonstration signs. The demonstrators protest against the Broadway branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library closing. One of the signs, held by a young girl, reads, "You close the library the...

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Demonstration Brings Traffic to Standstill

One wirephoto entitled, "Demonstrations Brings Traffic to Standstill," taken by the Associated Press dated March 10, 1965. Image is of a group of protesters lying down in the middle of a street in downtown Chicago. Wire transfer information states...

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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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Votes for Women

One pin that reads, "Votes For Women," printed by Allied Printing dated approximately 1910 to 1913. Text is printed in black on a metallic gold background. There is a sharp metal tack attached to the back to fasten the pin to garments.

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Hospital Corps School Class 43

One photograph of the United States Navy's Hospital Corps School, Class 43 dated 1948. Pictured is an integrated class featuring African American corpsmen in the second row.

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[Portrait of African American Marine Corpsman]

One undated portrait of an unidentified African American man in a Marine Corps uniform.

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[Group of soldiers relaxing]

One undated black-and-white group photograph of soldiers, in casual dress, sitting around tables relaxing. A checkers board is on the table as well as some drinks. The group is integrated. (similar to GLC09720.04)

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