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B-24 Liberators being constructed at Willow Run.

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

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…

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"…

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…

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…

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…

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…