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Refugees from Nazi Germany on board the St. Louis en route to Cuba. The passengers were denied entry into Cuba and the US and were forced to return to Europe.

Following her arrest, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a boycott of the Montgomery bus system. On Nov. 13, 1956, the Supreme Court struck down Alabama state and Montgomery city bus segregation laws as being in violation of the equal protection…

Drawing of a dove in outer space (wearing a space helmet) hovering over planet Earth.

Black and white photographic print depicting Consolidated B-24 Liberators being constructed at Willow Run.

One sepia-toned reproduction photograph of Henry Ford touring the Willow Run Bomber Plant, Ypsilanti, Michigan, on July 24, 1943. The four persons at the center include (left to right): Major James Kendrick, escort to Henry Ford; Henry Ford; Mead L.…

Photograph of two small children sitting on a bench in the hospital garden at Manzanar incarceration camp.
The collection was donated by Ralph "Pete" Merritt, Jr. and Patricia Merritt. It is comprised of photographs from an album created by L.…

Black and white photographic print depicting an aerial view of Willow Run, facing east. In the background is the airport. In the foreground is worker housing and a house along the water.
Caption reads: Ford's Willow Run bomber factory, shown here as…

In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the…