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Fair housing at its worst, Report four The Flagrant violation of Title VIII of the 1968 Civil Rights Act in Greater Hartford, Connecticut

A series of reports on equal housing opportunity from the Education/Instruction, an organization led by Ben Dixon, Boyd Hinds, and Julia Ramos. Report…

Family Picture in Manzanar

Photograph shows the Toda family posing by a car, with a barrack in the background; Henry Toda is holding a shovel. Inscription on back of photograph:…

Fire at the Alcatraz lighthouse seen from the water, May 30 1970

One of many fires of disputed origin destroying numerous buildings on the island, leaving protestors without electricity or clean water.

Firemen turn their hoses on civil rights protesters, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963

Photograph showing African Americans participating in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, at Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama, as…

General J. Lawton Collins and party inspecting troops

Part of a series capturing a tour of the Korean fighting front by General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. Printed on…

Generals J. Lawton Collins and James Van Fleet during tour of Korean front

Part of a series capturing a tour of the Korean fighting front by General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. Printed on…

George W. Watkins School (New Kent County School Board)

A photo of George W. Watkins School in Virginia, an African American only institution in New Kent county.

Girls playing teeter totter game

Young girls play a teeter totter game in front of a bombed out building. In addition to recording the war effort, Williams traveled to small towns,…

Group of children with Maryknoll missioners at Japanese Relocation Camp, Manzanar, California, ca. 1944

Photograph of Fr. Leo Steinbach, MM, and Maryknoll Sisters Bernadette and Susanna with a group of children. They stand in front of a tar paper…

Group shot of the Supreme Court for the Cooper v. Aaron court case

Photograph shows, sitting left to right: William O. Douglas, Hugo L. Black, Earl Warren, Felix Frankfurter, Harold H. Burton; standing left to right:…