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  • Collection: US 1960s - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)

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Photograph shows Jackie Robinson and others leading a large civil rights march in San Francisco. The sign supporting William Scranton represents the marchers objection to Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.

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

In a press conference, Roy Wilkins makes the claim that the NAACP was the first organization to execute sit-in protests and that the phenomenon did not actually begin with the February 1, 1960 Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in.

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

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Two sit-in demonstrators from the Congress of Racial Equality are seen being dragged from the Federal Building by deputy US marshals.

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It is a very abstract album even looking kind of Hindu spiritually, which really showcases the psychedelic part of rock at the time.

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

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Certificate of participation in the Boston Freedom Schools by the Ryan Family.

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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.
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