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Henry Ford at Willow Run Bomber Plant Print, Photographic
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 children sitting on a bench at Manzanar
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.…
The collection was donated by Ralph "Pete" Merritt, Jr. and Patricia Merritt. It is comprised of photographs from an album created by L.…
Print, Photographic
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…
Caption reads: Ford's Willow Run bomber factory, shown here as…
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Opinion; May 17, 1954; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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…
Civil rights march on Washington, D.C
Photograph shows a procession of African Americans carrying signs for equal rights, integrated schools, decent housing, and an end to bias.
Manzanar free press, August 31, 1942
Supplements accompany some issues
"Internment camp newspaper"
"Official publication of the Manzanar Relocation Center Administration and newspaper of Manzanar Community Enterprises"
Published Apr. 11-May 31, 1942 at the Manzanar Assembly Center;…
"Internment camp newspaper"
"Official publication of the Manzanar Relocation Center Administration and newspaper of Manzanar Community Enterprises"
Published Apr. 11-May 31, 1942 at the Manzanar Assembly Center;…
Correspondence from Honey Toda to Betty Salzman, July 26, 1942
Personal letter mentions mutuel acquaintances and desire to see visitors, a ban on anything other than business visitors, and a requirement that all visitors must apply for permits. The letter also mentions the prospect of being in Manzanar for a…
Thurgood Marshall and other members of the N.A.A.C.P. legal defense team who worked on the Brown v. Board of Education case
NAACP Legal Defense team: Louis Redding, Robert L. Carter, Oliver W. HIll, Thurgood Marshall, Spottswood Robinson, III, Jack Greenberg, James S. Nabrit and George E.C. Hayes