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[Ohio State Highway patrol car]

One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured is a Ohio State Highway Patrol car. The vehicle's window has been broken.

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[Ohio State Highway patrol car near tear gas]

One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured is a Ohio State Highway Patrol car. Tear gas flows in the background.

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[Ohio State Highway patrol car near tear gas]

One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks standing by a bus. One officer is captured tossing a tear gas cannister in the direction of students.

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[Ohio State Highway police officer tosses tear gas at students]

One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks surrounding a cannister on the ground expelling tear gas.

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[Ohio State Highway trooper tosses tear gas cannister]

One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks standing by a bus. A state highway trooper prepares to toss a tear gas cannister.

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[Ohio State Highway police officers by a charter bus]

One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks lined up by a charter bus. A smokestack or chimney is seen in the background.

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[Ohio State Highway police officers prepare to toss more tear gas]

One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks, and carrying batons. They are standing between a Volkswagen wagon and a bus. A cannister expels tear gas while another officer prepares to toss...

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No Rights for Racists! Stop Shockley Now!

One printed flyer entitled, "No Rights for Racists! Stop Shockley Now" dated approximately 1970s. Item is related to a demonstration against William Shockley, who believed Black people were genetically inferior. Also questions the meaning of free...

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William M. Evarts

One engraving entitled "William M. Evarts" circa 1861-1877. Portrait of William Maxwell Evarts. Engraver unknown.

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General Order No. 42

One document by William Schouler dated December 8, 1863. Regarding veterans, bounties and "men of color."

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[Photograph of schoolchildren and teachers]

One undated black-and-white photograph of a schoolchildren and teachers. Image includes the twin sisters as seen in previous images.

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Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story

One comic book entitled, "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story," written by Alfred Hassler dated December 1957. Illustrations by Sy Barry. The item includes instances of nonviolent resistance. Includes images of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King...

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Martin Luther King y la Historia de Montgomery

One comic book entitled, "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story," written by Alfred Hassler dated December 1957. Illustrations by Sy Barry. The item includes instances of nonviolent resistance. Includes images of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King...

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The Mobile Register [No. 181 (September 1, 1955)]

One issue of The Mobile Register dated September 1, 1955. Front page includes an article related to the murder of Emmett Till. Article is entitled, "River Yields Body of Murdered Boy." Includes news related to local communities and politics.

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Dollars & sense [August/September 1982]

One August/September 1982 issue of "Dollars & sense." Magazine pertains to food and tobacco industries. Articles features profiles of African Americans employed in high ranking corporate positions in the industry, alcohol, African Americans and...

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Charles Aston exhibit, 1968-1969.

One program exhibit sponsored by Farleigh Dickinson University featuring paintings and sculptures by Charles Aston. Artwork was displayed at the Gallery of Modern Art Including the Huntington Hartford Collection. Includes a biographical sketch of...

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The Negro in White Suburbia

One pamphlet entitled, "The Negro in White Suburbia: Community Power vs. Human Rights," by Ian D. McMahan dated 1963. Printed by Freedom of Residence Foundation, Inc. Pertains to the history of segregation in housing and the legal implications of it...

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Langston Hughes Review [Volume IV, no. 2 (Fall 1985)]

One edition of "The Langston Hughes Review" published in Fall 1985. Volume IV, Number 2 contains articles related to Hughes's work in poetry and translation. Also includes an essay commemorating Henry Lee Moon, the former public relations director of...

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Negro and Jew - Encounter in America [Summer/Autumn 1956]

One pamphlet entitled, "Negro and Jew -- Encounter in America," printed by Midstream for the Summer-Autumn 1956 issue. Essay discusses being, "wedged uncomfortably in the conflict between the dominant white majority and the oppressed Negro group."

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Negro and Jew - Encounter in America [Summer/Autumn 1956]

One pamphlet entitled, "Negro and Jew -- Encounter in America," printed by Midstream for the Summer-Autumn 1956 issue. Essay discusses being, "wedged uncomfortably in the conflict between the dominant white majority and the oppressed Negro group."

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Argument of Clarence Darrow in the case of Henry Sweet, In the Recorders Court, Detroit Michigan, Before the Honorable Frank Murphy, April and May, 1926.

One edition of "Argument of Clarence Darrow in the case of Ossian Sweet," dated 1927. Published by the NAACP. Item is printed transcription of Clarence Darrow defending Ossian Sweet in court.

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The Future of the Negro Vote in the United States, Summer 1957.

One pamphlet entitled "The Future of the Negro Voter in the United States" by Roy Wilkins dated 1957. Wilkins argues that in order to gain voting rights it must come from the efforts of African Americans and discusses the difference between Northern...

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The Future of the Negro Vote in the United States, Summer 1957.

One pamphlet entitled "The Future of the Negro Voter in the United States" by Roy Wilkins dated 1957. Wilkins argues that in order to gain voting rights it must come from the efforts of African Americans and discusses the difference between Northern...

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Who is the NAACP ?

One pamphlet entitled, "Who is the NAACP?" dated 1935. Details the case of George Crawford and reviews NAACP's statement related to the incident. The essay recounts accusations made against George Crawford for murdering Mina Buckner, a former...

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to Jackie Robinson

One typed letter addressed to Jackie Robinson dated May 15, 1959 from John F. Kennedy. Kennedy writes to Robinson refuting a column printed in the New York Post, where he criticized Senator Kennedy's "civil rights record." Kennedy disagrees the claim...

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Detroit

One telephoto entitled "Detroit," printed by United Press Internationa dated May 4, 1964. Image depicts a line of protesters picketing in front of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. Wire transfer information details that 300...

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City state police team at work

One wirephoto entitled, "City state police team at work" taken by Associated Press dated July 25, 1964. Image is of two police officers escorting a Black man through the streets. On reverse side, wire transfer information states that the man was...

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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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Refugees Near Beulah 5-16-12

One postcard entitled Refugees Near Beulah dated May 16, 1912. Features the living conditions of those displaced by the flood. A group of African Americans, four men and two women, sit on crates and trunks in front of a makeshift shelter.

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My Life in the South

One book entitled My Life in the South by Jacob Stroyer published 1885. The first section of the narrative covers Stroyer's fifteen years in slavery. It provides information about his family, describes life at his master's summer seat, and discusses...

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En Route to Memphis

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts Harry Belafonte escorting Mrs. King and her children, Dexter, Martin III, and Yolanda King, to his private plane in Atlanta, Georgia. The Kings are bound for Memphis, Tennessee...

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Mrs. King Stops Applause

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts Mrs. King holding her hand up to stop applause as she prepares to speak to a group of marchers in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Mrs. King Surrounded by Guard

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts Mrs. King surrounded by Tennessee National Guard upon her arrival in Memphis.

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[Mrs. King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy]

One telephoto published by United Press International dated April 8, 1968. Depicts Reverend Ralph Abernathy looking at Coretta Scott King as she participates in a memorial march for her husband.

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March Forming

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts people gathering around the Clayborn Temple A.M.E. Church in Memphis, Tennessee as they prepare to march in Dr. King's honor.

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[Crowd forms as King's body is led into church]

One telephoto published by United Press International dated April 8, 1968. Depicts people gathering outiside of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia as Dr. King's body is led inside.

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King's Body Moved

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts mourners gathering outside of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia as Dr. King's body is led inside.

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Marchers "Snake" Down Main Street

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts marchers forming a long line down Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Some marchers carry broadsides reading, "Honor King, End Racism". (See GLC06125 for "Honor King, End Racism"...

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March to Memorialize King

One telephoto published by United Press International dated April 8, 1968. Depicts a large group of people about to begin the march to honor Dr. King.

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A Sign on Respect

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts six men hanging a sign over an expressway bridge in Atlanta, Georgia which reads, "Gone...But Not Forgotten We Shall Overcome".

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Getting Ready for March

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts people milling about outside of the Clayborn Temple in Memphis, Tennessee before the beginning of the march in honor of Dr. King.

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15,000 March for King

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 8, 1968. Depicts a memorial procession in honor of Dr. King taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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[Funeral Procession of King passes Georgia State Capitol Building]

One telephoto published by United Press International dated April 9, 1968. Depicts the funeral procession of Dr. King as it passes the Georgia State Capitol building. King's mule-drawn casket is visible in the lower right corner.

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Mother's Helper

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 9, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King and daughter Yolanda King at a memorial march for Dr. King in Memphis, Tennessee. Yolanda dabs a spot on her mother's coat where she has spilled some water.

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[Mrs. King at private service for Dr. King]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 9, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King at a private funeral service for her husband at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. She is seated next to her daughters Yolanda and Bernice...

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Widow in Church

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 9, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King and her children Yolanda and Bernice sitting in front of Dr. King's casket at his funeral at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

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[Coretta Scott King at private funeral service for husband]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 9, 1968. Depicts a veiled Coretta Scott King at the private funeral service for Dr. King at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo is the same image as GLC09739.073.

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Head Erect

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 9, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King at a private funeral service for Dr. King at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo is same image as GLC09739.072.

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[A.D. King weeping at Martin Luther King's funeral]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 9, 1968. Depicts A.D. King, brother of Martin Luther King, crying during a funeral ceremony in the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

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[Coretta Scott King leaving march in Dr. King's honor]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 9, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King leaving a memorial march for Dr. King in Memphis, Tennessee.

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