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A policeman examines some of the ten school buses destroyed by fire and dynamite in late Aug. 30, 1971, just days before a court-ordered plan to desegregate schools in Pontiac, Michigan, by busing children went into effect.A Pontiac policeman examines some of the ten school buses destroyed late Aug. 30 by dynamite and fire in a school bus depot here. About 40 other buses…
President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation before signing the Civil Rights ActPresident Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) speaks to the nation before signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, July 2, 1964.
Integrated busing in Charlotte, North CarolinaAfrican American and white school children on a school bus, riding from the suburbs to an inner city school, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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.
"Rosie the Riveter," 1942
Ford Institutional Advertising on Military Vehicle Production, "Ford Announces New Models for 1943"The American automobile industry essentially shut down for the duration of World War II -- shut down its civilian production, that is. American…
'Access America'-- Rights of physically disabledThe article discusses legal rights, legislative developments, and societal considerations pertaining to the rights and accommodations for people with…
DELEGATES TO THE EVIAN CONFERENCEDelegates to the Evian Conference, where the fate of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany was discussed. US delegate Myron Taylor is third from left.…
JEWISH REFUGEE CHILDREN FROM CHILDREN'S TRANSPORT (KINDERTRANSPORT) ARRIVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOMJewish refugee children, part of a Children's Transport (Kindertransport) from Germany, soon after arriving in Harwich. Great Britain, December 2,…
ARRIVING IN NEW YORKA group of German and Austrian Jewish refugee children arrives in New York on board the SS President Harding. New York, United States