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Flow Chart for B-24 Production at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1944

Ford's Willow Run Bomber Plant, designed by Albert Kahn and constructed in 1941, undoubtedly contributed to the outcome of World War II. With 3.5…

[Illustrated Civil War "Union Envelopes"]: A Secession Movement

Riding jackass backwards.

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, Connecticut

A 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 Act

President 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 Headline

A newspaper headline of the court ending segregation In public schools.

Three lawyers confer at the Supreme Court, 1953

Three lawyers confer at the Supreme Court, 1953 for the Brown v Board of Education court case.