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- "Feiffer on Civil Rights," 1966 -
- 1966
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"Feiffer on Civil Rights," 1966
- "Join NAACP for Civil Rights 1953 Membership Campaign" - This 1953 membership campaign brochure solicited support for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its causes. Formed in 1909, the NAACP emphasized fighting for racial equality through legal actions rather than political protest or economic agitation. A major victory occurred a year later when the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools.
- 1953
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"Join NAACP for Civil Rights 1953 Membership Campaign"
This 1953 membership campaign brochure solicited support for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its causes. Formed in 1909, the NAACP emphasized fighting for racial equality through legal actions rather than political protest or economic agitation. A major victory occurred a year later when the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools.
- Button, "I am a Civil Rights Marcher," 1963 - More than 250,000 civil rights advocates showed up at this peaceful march to support unity, jobs, and a new Civil Rights bill being proposed by President Kennedy. Television viewers nationwide watched African Americans and whites march together, united behind a common cause. Songs and speeches at this march included Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
- August 28, 1963
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Button, "I am a Civil Rights Marcher," 1963
More than 250,000 civil rights advocates showed up at this peaceful march to support unity, jobs, and a new Civil Rights bill being proposed by President Kennedy. Television viewers nationwide watched African Americans and whites march together, united behind a common cause. Songs and speeches at this march included Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
- "1964 Civil Rights Bill... Its Pattern... Its Architects" - Some of those opposed to civil rights during the 1960s tried to discredit the movement and its leaders. The Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace produced this document to expose potential communist threats. This brochure spoke out against the 1964 Civil Rights Bill as a threat to America and the American way of life.
- 1964
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"1964 Civil Rights Bill... Its Pattern... Its Architects"
Some of those opposed to civil rights during the 1960s tried to discredit the movement and its leaders. The Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace produced this document to expose potential communist threats. This brochure spoke out against the 1964 Civil Rights Bill as a threat to America and the American way of life.
- Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Calls on President Johnson to Protect Summer Civil Rights Volunteers in Mississippi, June 23, 1964 -
- June 23, 1964
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Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Calls on President Johnson to Protect Summer Civil Rights Volunteers in Mississippi, June 23, 1964
- Frankie Freeman, New Civil Rights Commissioner, February 29, 1964 -
- February 29, 1964
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Frankie Freeman, New Civil Rights Commissioner, February 29, 1964
- Journalist Interviewing Jesse Jackson during the Civil Rights Movement -
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Journalist Interviewing Jesse Jackson during the Civil Rights Movement
- Citations of U.S. Civil Rights Laws, Used by Sullivan Jackson -
- 1958
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Citations of U.S. Civil Rights Laws, Used by Sullivan Jackson
- May Day Civil Rights Demonstration on Boston Common, May 1, 1935 -
- May 01, 1935
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May Day Civil Rights Demonstration on Boston Common, May 1, 1935
- Button, "I Won't Live with Jim Crow: Civil Rights Congress," circa 1948 - The term "Jim Crow" implied the systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating African Americans, especially in the American South, from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries. The Civil Rights Congress (1946-1956) became a brief force in civil rights battles. However, with its ties to the American Communist Party, it became victim to Cold War anticommunism and government repression.
- circa 1948
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Button, "I Won't Live with Jim Crow: Civil Rights Congress," circa 1948
The term "Jim Crow" implied the systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating African Americans, especially in the American South, from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries. The Civil Rights Congress (1946-1956) became a brief force in civil rights battles. However, with its ties to the American Communist Party, it became victim to Cold War anticommunism and government repression.