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Group of children with Maryknoll missioners at Japanese Relocation Camp, Manzanar, California, ca. 1944Photograph of Fr. Leo Steinbach, MM, and Maryknoll Sisters Bernadette and Susanna with a group of children. They stand in front of a tar paper…
Genevieve Grotjan FeinsteinA photograph of Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein, who played a crucial role in the decryption of the Japanese encryption machine codenamed "Purple" by the…
Agnes Meyer DriscollA 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, AlabamaAfrican American demonstrators outside the White House, with signs "We demand the right to vote, everywhere" and signs protesting police brutality…
"Nah, you ain't got enough edjiccashun to vote"Editorial cartoon shows an African American man experiencing discrimination while trying to vote; holding books and carrying a briefcase bearing a…
Narrates the training and eventual combat of the first Black Fighter squadron in World War II.
Manzanar pilgrimage, April 28, 1990Flyer for the 21st annual Manzanar Pilgrimage sponsored by the Manzanar Committee. Included is a map from Los Angeles to Manzanar.
The Jim Matsuoka…
Russian tanks in BessarabiaPhotograph shows a convoy of Russian tanks that have rumbled into Romania during the occupation of Bessarabia.
Senate. Before final civil rights vote Final daySketch shows senators scattered across chamber in the U.S. Capitol before vote on Civil Rights Act.
"The first vote"Print shows African American men, in dress indicative of their professions, in a queue waiting their turn to vote.