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Wendell Phillips was an abolitionist and an early advocate of woman suffrage. This pamphlet is a 1910 reprint of an early speech on this topic with a brief foreword by "S.Y.S."

Photograph of the African American school in Diboll, Texas, depicting teacher J. W. Hogg and students.

A collection of pins, stickers, and patches worn by individuals participating in the 1963 March on Washington. This political demonstration was held in Washington, D.C., and took place to protest racial discrimination and support civil rights…

An oral history with Wilma Stuart, a foster mother to Japanese children following their time at the Children's Village orphange. The interview was conducted for the Children's Village at Manazanar Oral History Project by California State University,…

The Henry Fukuhara Paint Out Collection is the art, life, and work of watercolor artist Henry Fukuhara (1913 - 2010), a Japanese American abstract watercolor artist best known for his watercolor paintings of Santa Monica, California and Manzanar, a…

Umbrellas open during demonstration by a few hundred at City Hall today. The group gathered is mostly made up of social service recipients, workers and their kids, and are protesting Federal cuts proposed by President Reagan. Photograph dated…

View of Pro-choice demonstrators with signs reading, "Sen. Roberti: Stop attack on abortion rights", and "ERA Yes". Photograph dated January 1987.

Film footage of the historic Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island.The occupation lasted for nineteen months, from November 20, 1969 to June 11, 1971, and was forcibly ended by the U.S. government. The event had a brief but somewhat direct…

Photograph showing African Americans participating in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, at Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama, as firemen attempt to force them to disperse by directing their fire hoses on them as they congregate in…

African-Americans kneel on sidewalk outside City Hall in Birmingham, Alabama protesting racial segregation