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James Meredith walking on the campus of the University of Mississippi.The image show James Meredith walking on the University of Mississippi campus as he's accompanied by U.S. marshals.
Fair housing at its worst, Report four The Flagrant violation of Title VIII of the 1968 Civil Rights Act in Greater Hartford, ConnecticutA series of reports on equal housing opportunity from the Education/Instruction, an organization led by Ben Dixon, Boyd Hinds, and Julia Ramos. Report…
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.
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.
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…
Segregation In Public Schools Ended by Court Newspaper HeadlineA newspaper headline of the court ending segregation In public schools.
Three lawyers confer at the Supreme Court, 1953Three lawyers confer at the Supreme Court, 1953 for the Brown v Board of Education court case.
Federal dead on the field of battle of first day, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Field HospitalA Union Army hospital tent is shown on the battlefield of Gettysburg--based in Pennsylvania, America. An emergency amputation is seen being performed,…
Jules Jacot-GuillarmodBlack and white photograph of Jules Jacot-Guillarmod riding a horse during expedition to K2