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Colored Seated in Rear

One sign dated August 1, 1929. Text says, "Colored Seated in Rear." Printed by B & B Sign Co.

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Colored Must Sit in Balcony

One sign dated July 14, 1931. Text says, "Colored Must Sit in Balcony." Printed by Ace Sign Company. According to the text on item, it was likely hung in the Grand Theater in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Drinking Fountain, White, Colored

One sign dated July 14, 1931. Text says, "Drink Fountain, White, Colored." Image includes arrows where white and black people could drink water separately.

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Restrooms, White, Colored

One sign dated 1929. Text says, "Restrooms, White, Colored." Image includes arrows where white and black people could use bathrooms separately at L&N Railroad stations in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Let Women Vote

One sign dated 1919. Text says, "Let Women Vote." Printed by the National Women Suffrage Association.

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Coretta King's Moving Account of Life With Her Martyred Husband, He Had a Dream.

One poster printed by Life Magazine dated September 12, 1969. Image displays Coretta Scott King a year following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

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[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...

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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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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...

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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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Suplemento al Diario del Gobierno de la Republica Mexicana [No. 326, Vol. IV (March 21, 1836)]

One newspaper dated Mexico, March 21, 1836 printed by Jose Ximeno. This is a supplement with an account of the Mexican Army's win at the Battle of the Alamo. Printing includes letters written between Mexican generals; Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna...

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"Five Thousand by June, Graduate Nurses Your Country Needs You."

One poster entitled, "Five Thousand by June, Graduate Nurses Your Country Needs You," printed during World War I. Depicts a nurse with a hospital camp in the background.

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"Help Us Help Our Boys."

One lithograph printed during World War I. Depicts a smiling woman in a YMCA uniform pushing a poster on a wooden exterior that reads, "Help Us Help Our Boys." Below the woman is the text, "United War Work Campaign, Nov. 11th to 18th, $170,500,000."

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"1492 Oct. 12 1918, Liberty Day"

One poster depicting Christopher Columbus pointing towards the Statue of Liberty, holding a lit torch. Above the scene is a printed date, "1492 Oct. 12 1918" and below the scene is the text, "Liberty Day."

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"No Nukes is Good Nukes"

One poster entitled, "No Nukes is Good Nukes," dated 1980. Depicts cross bones with a nuclear explosion behind it. Text advocates against nuclear waste, raises the viewers awareness that "cheap and solar and geothermal technology exists that could...

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"One Man One Vote"

One poster entitled, "One Man One Vote," printed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Item consists of a photograph of an old man in a straw hat and overralls sitting outside.

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"Hutchings' California Scenes - Methods of Mining"

One printing entitled, "Hutchings' California Scenes - Methods of Mining," published in 1855. Contains illustrations and information on various methods of mining; sinking a shaft, canals, hydraulic telegraph, sluicing, hydraulic washing, the...

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We can't all go... but we can all help!

One poster entitled, "We can't all go... but we can all help!" printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1942. Poster features a soldier hugging a crying toddler with his left arm. In his right hand he is holding a gun. The text on the...

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I Gave A Man!

One poster entitled, "I Gave A Man!" printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1942. Poster features a mother looking out, holding a smiling baby, and being hugged by a little girl. The caption on the poster reads, "Will you give at least...

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Buy U.S. War Savings Bonds & Stamps Now

One poster entitled, "Buy U.S. War Savings Bonds & Stamps Now," printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1942. Poster features a flag waving in the breeze. There is also a quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt reading, "We Can... We Will... We...

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Even a little can help a lot - NOW

One poster entitled, "Even a little can help a lot - NOW," printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1942. Poster features a mother and daughter putting war savings stamps into a book. The daughter is licking the stamp while the mom...

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Our Good Earth... Keep It Ours

One poster entitled, "Our Good Earth... Keep It Ours," printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1942. Poster features a farmer in his field with two children. The farmer is gripping three stalks of wheat and looking off into the distance...

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We have just begun to fight!

One poster entitled, "We have just begun to fight!" printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features a soldier charging forward with his left hand raised up and looking behind him urging others forward. He holds a gun...

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Americans Suffer when careless talk kills!

One poster entitled, "Americans Suffer when careless talk kills!" printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features an older couple. A man holds a woman as she cries into an apron and clutching a Western Union telegram to...

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The more Women at work the sooner we will Win!

One poster entitled, "The more Women at work the sooner we will Win!" printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features a woman standing inside an acrylic dome fitting holes into it. The poster states, "Women Are Needed Also...

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