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- Collection: US 1960s - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)
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Police officers arresting Charles Butler and John Lewis after the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama
White police officers are shown holding the arms of the Freedom Riders outside of the Greyhound station
Sit-in demonstrators
Two sit-in demonstrators from the Congress of Racial Equality are seen being dragged from the Federal Building by deputy US marshals.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Axis: Bold As Love
It is a very abstract album even looking kind of Hindu spiritually, which really showcases the psychedelic part of rock at the time.
Firemen spraying civil rights demonstrators with a hose during a protest in downtown Birmingham, Alabama
A black and white image of a white firefighter spraying young civil rights protestors with a fire hose.
Boston Freedom Schools freedom diploma
Certificate of participation in the Boston Freedom Schools by the Ryan Family.
Civil rights demonstration outside the Princess Theatre in downtown Gadsden, Alabama
Young black demonstrators in the image are lined up outside the theater while a group of white teenage boys make a line in front of them.
Arrest Record for sit-in
Handwritten arrest record for Huldah Elizabeth Taylor on May 15, 1963 for trespassing during at Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in demonstration.
Psychedelic Rock Festival Woodstock, shows a picture of hippies enjoying music.
The Woodstock Festival which was held in August 1969, brought together over 400,000 people for three days of peace, music, and unity, symbolizing the countercultural ideals of freedom and communal harmony.