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In this interview, Emelda and Manuel Brown discuss their experiences raising a family as African Americans in Spokane in the 1960s.

A black and white image of a white firefighter spraying young civil rights protestors with a fire hose.

A list of teaching guidelines for Freedom Schools teachers in Mississippi during the Freedom Schools Movement (1964).

A speech by Martin Luther King calling for equality in the United States between all races.

A sit-in by Junior NAACP activists at a segregated movie theater in Farmville, Virginia. The item was donated by Phyllis Padow-Sederbaum, a volunteer with the Virginia Student-Help Project in 1963.

This document outlines the Boston branch of the NAACP's list of seven goals for its youth program.

Young NAACP members are seen picketing in Edenton, NC. Obtained by Kelly M. Alexander Sr. as president of the North Carolina State Conference of Branches and as a member of the NAACP National Board of Directors.

This interview with William Majett by Ayinde Budd, Majett describes his upbringing in Wilmington, Delaware and his education at the University of Delaware as an African American in the 1960s.

The Pentagon Papers are classified documents leaked by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971 which revealed the hidden history of U.S. decision-making in Vietnam. (Fueled a lot of social unrest)

White police officers are shown holding the arms of the Freedom Riders outside of the Greyhound station