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A photograph of Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein, who played a crucial role in the decryption of the Japanese encryption machine codenamed "Purple" by the United States government.

A photograph of Agnes Meyer Driscoll, the woman who broke the Japanese M-1 cipher machine.

African American demonstrators outside the White House, with signs "We demand the right to vote, everywhere" and signs protesting police brutality against civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama

Editorial cartoon shows an African American man experiencing discrimination while trying to vote; holding books and carrying a briefcase bearing a Tuskegee pendent, he stands before three white males; one man is seated with his feet resting on top a…

Narrates the training and eventual combat of the first Black Fighter squadron in World War II.

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,…

Photograph shows a convoy of Russian tanks that have rumbled into Romania during the occupation of Bessarabia.

Sketch shows senators scattered across chamber in the U.S. Capitol before vote on Civil Rights Act.

Print shows African American men, in dress indicative of their professions, in a queue waiting their turn to vote.

A photograph of Ann Caracristi, a cryptanalyst who worked as a code breaker during World War II. She later became the first female deputy director of the NSA.