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"A Chicken in Every Pot"
Herbert Hoover's political ad
Wall Street Crash of 1929 Newspaper Headline
A display of stock holders' individual narratives
Hard Times in Illinois
A 73-year-old man's letter to the Illinois governor about his house being foreclosed.
Bloody Sunday
On March 7, protesters from Selma and Marion engaged in a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital in Montgomery, in response to a state trooper killing a demonstrator recently. John Lewis and Hosea Williams led the march while King was in…
Chicago Freedom Movement
The Chicago Open Housing Movement, also known as the Chicago Freedom Movement, was organized to protest racial disparities in employment and education, as well as housing segregation. The movement comprised a number of protests, marches, and boycotts…
Birmingham Campaign
The Birmingham campaign aimed to eradicate economic discrimination against African American citizens in downtown Alabama. When addressing racial injustices, they often encountered violent retaliation. The movement included a boycott of certain…
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students started attendttle Rock Central High School where until that moment white students had attended the school. The Little Rock Nine, as they were later known, came across a huge white mob and soldiers from the Arkansas…