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Civil Rights

Within History

Black and white image with closeup of a sign that reads, "Civil Rights Plus Full Employment." Crowd of people and protest signs fill the background.

A Black woman wearing a nurse's uniform puts her arm around a Black boy, both smile at the camera.

Black and white photo of Black and White people in a coffee shop, some sitting in chairs and others standing at a lunch counter in the background. Caption. Male as narrator. The idea of the freedom rides was radical.

Group of people stand in a cluster with cars in background. Caption. Living inside and outside of mainstream American society.

Man stands with hands clasped and lips parted mid-speech. Backdrop displays photo collage of Chinese people. Caption. For the Chinese American community.

Cropped black and white photo. Midsection of figure wearing leather jacket and knee-high boots while holding on to an airplane propeller.

Black and white photo. Chinese man stands in front of building with sign that reads, "Washing and Ironing." Caption. Is a denial of the equal protection of the laws.

Photo collage of Chinese people with text overlay that reads, "Exclusion and Acceptance."

Closeup of weathered Constitution on parchment with handwritten script that reads, "We the people," in large script at top.

Black and white photo of Abraham Lincoln wearing a top hat and flanked by men in uniform. Large tent and trees in background.

Mottled black and white photo of 3 Native Americans with white tipis in background.

Black and white illustration of early 20th century woman with her arm raised to the side. She faces a man in a top hat as he leans toward her with his hand up. Another man reclines and opens his mouth as if shouting in background.

Closeup of front page of newspaper with headline that reads, "Supreme Court Strikes Out School Segregation as Against Constitution."

Black and white frame of Martin Luther King, Junior gesturing out as he speaks at a podium with several microphones. A crowd of men stands behind him, many wearing white caps.

Faded still frame of men in wide-brimmed hats, bent over and working in a field.

Woman parts lips in mid-speech. Painting with mounds of pottery and a figure holding up their fist as backdrop. Caption. That would allow Hispanic immigrants.

Black and white frame of A. Philip Randolph, a civil-rights activist. Caption. Of a mighty corporation such as the Pullman Company was.

Black and white photo of a crowd of Black people gathered outside a building on a tree-lined street and walking towards camera. Caption. To the state capitol in Montgomery.

Black and white photo of Japanese-Americans walking along a train platform. Above this, a bridge crowded with people. Caption. To make us as comfortable as we could be.

Black and white image of people walking in a procession with some carrying flags. Caption. African Americans are about to change everything.

Men in green military fatigues and helmets run towards camera with rifles in hands and waves crashing behind them. Caption. The men are left with virtually no cover on the beach.

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Teenage girl smiles at camera with a superimposed news background and Presidential crest. Behind her, a screen shows a woman holding a young Barack Obama. Caption. We'd like to share it with you.

Lake with the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D,C in the distance. Text on image reads, "Becoming Equal Under the Law."

Black and white film still of a man in a dark suit, top hat, and curled mustache, walking outside and in front of a smiling woman with a fashionable dress and white parasol.

Black and white photo of nineteen sixties White and Black protesters gathered together in a group and holding signs. Caption. And provoked support of the civil rights movement.

1880's Tally Sheet from a Colorado election. Caption. Colorado had given women the right to vote!

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Man resembling M, L, K Jr. seated next to a woman holding an apple. Both are seated on bleachers. Caption. His name is Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Group of Black, White, and Brown teenagers walking down a school hallway. Caption. Farmville has become a model for integrated schools.

Woman at door of a brick building. Caption. So with the 16 Black students and 4 Black teachers, they set up what...

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Thousands of North Korean soldiers standing in formation in perfectly straight lines. Caption. Narrator. In the late 1990s, a series of unprecedented floods.

Mother reads with her 3 children on a couch in a living room setting. Caption. His mother taught him and his sister.

Black and white photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. standing solemnly in front of a podium full of microphones.

Black and white photo of rows of people crowded into a building. Caption. At the local courthouse, sometimes bringing his son.

Black and white photo of a man in uniform grabbing another individual by the arm and raising a hand to hit them. Caption. Fannie Lou as narrator. We have to realize just how grave the problem is.

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Black and white photo with a bird's eye view of a crowd of people facing camera. Caption. She is a precursor of grassroots leadership.

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Black and white closeup of Sam Tucker, civil rights activist. Caption. To end legalized racism in the United States.

Black and white photograph of a group of men and one woman sitting in a circle. Some look down at papers in their laps or gesture to one another. Caption. Unless all Black people were free.

Still image from: Primary Source Essentials: Letter From Birmingham Jail

Black woman, seated next to young Black man, faces camera and gestures using sign language, 2 index fingers linked together. Caption. Like those of deaf women and the role they play in their family.

Still image from: Roots of Resistance: How Highways Segregated American Cities

Still image from: Roots of Resistance: Is Voting a Privilege or a Right?

Older Rosa Parks wearing square glasses and a colorful button-up blouse looks out and away from camera. Caption. King. Two stops later, her ride ended.

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Sepia toned photo of a senior Black man and 4 women from mid-1990s. Caption. My grandmother is a very territorial woman.

Black and white medium shot of civil rights activist, Rosa Parks, in middle age. She stands before a backdrop with historic photographs of civil rights activists. Text on image reads, "This is her story."

Closeup of the front of the Supreme Court building. Statues and stairs lead to the west entry door of the building. A series of columns support the building's pediment. Text on image reads, "Thanks to the Civil Rights Act."

Black and white photo of a pre-teen girl looking at camera. She wears a button down coat with her hands clasped behind her back and stands in front of a large school building. Caption. Linda Brown was a student at this segregated school.

Illustration of Abraham Lincoln wearing white speaking from an outdoor podium to a crowd around him. An 1850s U, S flag is nearby. Caption. Male as narrator. In the following debates with Douglas, Lincoln came closer.

Illustration of the bench, bar, gallery seating and floor of a courtroom. Caption. The new law concerned the railroads of Louisiana.

Black and white illustration of a man, woman, and toddler seated at a dining table with food, flowers and table settings. Caption. So, from 1840, there was a campaign to outlaw abortion.

Image of men in Confederate uniforms riding horses in a Civil War battle reenactment. An overlay of an oval shaped photo appears next to the soldiers with text that reads, "Robert E. Lee." Caption. They don't have a general the equal of Robert E. Lee.

Black and white photo of a crowd of people carrying luggage from a ship in the background. Caption. 25 million people will touch our shores.

Seated Black man in a suit writing at a teacher's desk. A line of Black teenagers are to his left. Caption. Blacks were denied admission to white schools.

Black and white movie frame from To Kill a Mockingbird shows Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch seated in the passenger side of a vehicle. Caption. Heck as narrator. I'll send Zeebo out right away to pick him up.

Black and white photo. President Johnson signs a bill, surrounded by a crowd of men in suits. Caption. To Pass the 1964 Civil Rights and 1965 Voting Rights Acts.

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Wide shot of a car passing through an intersection with traffic lights. Caption. We met with Hu Jia.