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July 17, 1862 Natchitoches Union.Gives us a view of what a person was reading in Louisiana during the Civil War.
The Handicapped Win Demands - End H.E.W. OccupationIn April 1977, disability activists nationwide picketed or occupied the Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) offices to fight for the passage of…
Operation GoodwillGovernor Nelson Rockefeller recording (and possibly sending out a live radio broadcast) a message about "Operation Goodwill". Operation Goodwill was…
The 1990 "Capitol Crawl" Protest: Advocating for Accessibility at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.Disability activists a part of ADAPT abandon their wheelchairs and mobility devices and crawl up the steps of the United States Capitol Building,…
Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 1945: Year of Victory - Volume 4, Number 37, 1945.This is one in a series of issues of "Newsmap" that were published from 1942 to 1946 by the U.S. Army. This issue covers the week of December 4 to…
Burnt leg of a victim of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, 1945.This image shows burns on the legs of a victim of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are these in the Daytona Beach branch of the Volusia county vocational school.
L.A. burning during 1992 riotsBuildings going up in smoke on an unidentified street on April 30, 1992, as people watch.
Business destroyed in 1992 L.A. riotsSigns posted on a burned-out business, destroyed during the riots of 1992. Photo date: May 2, 1992.
Children and adults with heads bowed in vigil for the four killed in Birmingham, Ala. bombing, Pasadena, Calif., 1963SILENT MARCHERS-Children are in foreground of group that staged a 'silent march' on Pasadena City Hall. They stand with heads bowed for four Negro…