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Photograph shows an aerial view of the "proposed route of the civil rights 'March on Washington', which is scheduled for August 28." Indicated on the map are an "Assembly Area" at the "Washington Monument", the "Line of March" down "Constitution…

Wells Fargo will have to spend between $5 million and $10 million to meet the short-term provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act, according to Gail Abel, who is coordinating the bank's statewide compliance. Wells is probably better…

Women represented approximately one third of the workers at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant during World War II. Women did everything from clerical work in the offices to riveting and welding on the assembly line. Labor shortages made women…

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant on September 18, 1942. The Roosevelts, accompanied by Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, and Charles Sorensen -- the production manager behind…

Judith "Judy" Heumann first drew national attention with her fight to become a New York City teacher. She founded Disabled in Action and sued the New York Board of Education to become a teacher. Her case was the first disabled rights case brought to…

Flyer, program, directions, and pilgrimage information for the Sixteenth Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. Also included is a brief history of the Manzanar incarceration camp.

The Jim Matsuoka Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress Collection includes…

Flyer for the 21st annual Manzanar Pilgrimage sponsored by the Manzanar Committee. Included is a map from Los Angeles to Manzanar.

The Jim Matsuoka Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress Collection includes brochures, meeting notes and agendas,…

Speech by President John F. Kennedy to the Kennedy Foundation Mental Retardation Group and given to Mary Hammerbacher (Manner) as a counselor at Camp Shriver, 1962.
Camp Shriver began in Eunice Shriver’s backyard at her Timberlawn estate in 1962.…