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Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Nina Simone, Mstricht Jazz Festival, 1992. Creator: Brian Foskett

Nina Simone, Mstricht Jazz Festival, 1992. Creator: Brian Foskett
Nina Simone, Mstricht Jazz Festival, 1992. Simone was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Martin Luther King Jnr, American black civil rights campaigner, c1968

Martin Luther King Jnr, American black civil rights campaigner, c1968
Martin Luther King Jnr (1929-68). American black civil rights campaigner. Assassinated, supposedly by James Earl Ray

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Chas. F. Thwing, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Chas. F. Thwing, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Chas. F. Thwing, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Charles Franklin Thwing (1853-1937), a clergyman and college president who was a supporter of the NAACP

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Moorfield Storey, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Moorfield Storey, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Moorfield Storey, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Moorfield Storey (1845-1929), an American lawyer, publicist, and civil rights leader who became the first national president of the NAACP in 1910

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Horse's Ghost at the fair, Poplar, Mont. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Horse's Ghost at the fair, Poplar, Mont. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Horse's Ghost at the fair, Poplar, Mont. between c1910 and c1915

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Mrs. H. Riordan, suffragette, New York, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. H. Riordan, suffragette, New York, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. H. Riordan, suffragette, New York, 1910

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Mrs. S. Loebinger, New York, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. S. Loebinger, New York, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. S. Loebinger, New York, 1910

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: John Lord O'Brian, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

John Lord O'Brian, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
John Lord O'Brian, between c1915 and c1920. Shows lawyer John Lord O'Brian, who served in government roles under five U. S

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Malcolm X, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Malcolm X, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Malcolm X, 1960s, (2023). Malcolm X (1925-1965) was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Malcolm X, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Malcolm X, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Malcolm X, 1960s, (2023). Malcolm X (1925-1965) was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Miss Maude E. Williams; The author's reviewer, Chicago, 1907. Creator: Unknown

Miss Maude E. Williams; The author's reviewer, Chicago, 1907. Creator: Unknown
Miss Maude E. Williams; The author's reviewer, Chicago, 1907

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Miss Ida B. Wells, [Frontispiece], (1894?). Creator: Unknown

Miss Ida B. Wells, [Frontispiece], (1894?). Creator: Unknown
Miss Ida B. Wells, [Frontispiece], (1894?)

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Scenes in the First Reconstructed Legislature, 1905. Creator: Unknown

Scenes in the First Reconstructed Legislature, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Scenes in the First Reconstructed Legislature, 1905. Additional title: Cartoons from " The Loil Legislature, " by Captain B. H. Screws

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: A.J. Carey, Jr.; The Chicago Daily News [1st prize check], 1925. Creator: Unknown

A.J. Carey, Jr.; The Chicago Daily News [1st prize check], 1925. Creator: Unknown
A.J. Carey, Jr.; The Chicago Daily News [1st prize check], 1925

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Scenes in the First Reconstructed Legislature, 1905. Creator: Unknown

Scenes in the First Reconstructed Legislature, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Scenes in the First Reconstructed Legislature, 1905. Additional title: Cartoons from " The Loil Legislature, " by Captain B. H. Screws

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Paul Robeson, 1925-03. Creator: Winold Reiss

Paul Robeson, 1925-03. Creator: Winold Reiss
Paul Robeson, 1925-03. African-American actor, singer, activist and athlete. From Survey Graphic - Harlem, Mecca of the new Negro

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1917-1923. Creator: Unknown

Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1917-1923. Creator: Unknown
Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1917-1923

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Mrs. Louisa McDonald, mother, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Mrs. Louisa McDonald, mother, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Mrs. Louisa McDonald, mother, 1916

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: R. C. O. Benjamin, Esq. 1897 (Inferred). Creator: Unknown

R. C. O. Benjamin, Esq. 1897 (Inferred). Creator: Unknown
R. C. O. Benjamin, Esq. 1897 (Inferred)

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Afro-Americans with more than national reputation, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Afro-Americans with more than national reputation, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Afro-Americans with more than national reputation, 1916

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: T. Thomas Fortune [recto], 1902. Creator: Unknown

T. Thomas Fortune [recto], 1902. Creator: Unknown
T. Thomas Fortune [recto], 1902. Timothy Thomas Fortune, African-American journalist, writer, civil rights leader; editor of the leading black newspaper The New York Age, adviser to Booker T

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: The Fifteenth Amendment, 1870. Creator: James Carter Beard

The Fifteenth Amendment, 1870. Creator: James Carter Beard
The Fifteenth Amendment, 1870

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Prof. R.T. Greener, Consul to Vladistock, Russia, (1899?). Creator: Unknown

Prof. R.T. Greener, Consul to Vladistock, Russia, (1899?). Creator: Unknown
Prof. R.T. Greener, Consul to Vladistock, Russia, (1899?)

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell; Graduate of Oberlin College; Eloquent speaker and linguist of note

Mrs. Mary Church Terrell; Graduate of Oberlin College; Eloquent speaker and linguist of note, 1902. Creator: J. H
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell; Graduate of Oberlin College; Eloquent speaker and linguist of note, 1902. African-American civil rights activist and journalist

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: E.M. Hewlett; Harvard Graduate; U.S. Magistrate D.C. 1902. Creator: J. H. Cunningham

E.M. Hewlett; Harvard Graduate; U.S. Magistrate D.C. 1902. Creator: J. H. Cunningham
E.M. Hewlett; Harvard Graduate; U.S. Magistrate D.C. 1902. African-American attorney, judge, and civil rights activist Emanuel D. Molyneaux Hewlett

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: P. Thomas Stanford, M.A. M.D. D.D. LL.D. 1897. Creator: Unknown

P. Thomas Stanford, M.A. M.D. D.D. LL.D. 1897. Creator: Unknown
P. Thomas Stanford, M.A. M.D. D.D. LL.D. 1897

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Hon. B. W. Arnett, 1886. Creator: Folger

Hon. B. W. Arnett, 1886. Creator: Folger
Hon. B. W. Arnett, 1886. African-American civil rights activist, politician, educator, minister, bishop and author Benjamin William Arnett

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: W. H. Steward, 1887. Creator: Unknown

W. H. Steward, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. H. Steward, 1887. African-American educator, journalist, civil rights activist William Henry Steward was president of the Afro-American Press Association

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Portrait of Josh White and Mary Lou Williams, WMCA, New York, N.Y. ca. Oct. 1947

Portrait of Josh White and Mary Lou Williams, WMCA, New York, N.Y. ca. Oct. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Josh White and Mary Lou Williams, WMCA, New York, N.Y. ca. Oct. 1947

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Rev. James Poindexter, D. D. President of the day, 1888. Creator: Unknown

Rev. James Poindexter, D. D. President of the day, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Rev. James Poindexter, D. D. President of the day, 1888. Abolitionist, civil rights activist, politician, minister of white, Native American and black heritage

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: The Crusader; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race; Mrs. James Conick, Jr. New York

The Crusader; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race; Mrs. James Conick, Jr. New York... 1918-1922 Creator: Unknown
The Crusader; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race; Mrs. James Conick, Jr. New York State tennis champion, 1918-1922

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Rev. Geo. F. Bragg, Jr. [recto], 1902. Creator: Unknown

Rev. Geo. F. Bragg, Jr. [recto], 1902. Creator: Unknown
Rev. Geo. F. Bragg, Jr. [recto], 1902. African-American priest, journalist, social activist and historian George Freeman Bragg

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: J. M. Gregory, 1887. Creator: Unknown

J. M. Gregory, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. M. Gregory, 1887. James Monroe Gregory, African-American civil rights activist and professor of Latin and Dean at Howard University

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: E. M. Brawley, D. D. [recto], 1902. Creator: Unknown

E. M. Brawley, D. D. [recto], 1902. Creator: Unknown
E. M. Brawley, D. D. [recto], 1902. Educator and minister Rev. Edward Macknight Brawley, the first African American to attend Bucknell University. Served as president at Selma University

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Bishop B. W. Arnett, 1897. Creator: Unknown

Bishop B. W. Arnett, 1897. Creator: Unknown
Bishop B. W. Arnett, 1897

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Hon. Jere A. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio, 1888. Creator: Vogt Bros

Hon. Jere A. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio, 1888. Creator: Vogt Bros
Hon. Jere A. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio, 1888. African-American politician and civil rights activist Jeremiah A. Brown. When young, he worked on steamboats with Mark Twain

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: James Poindexter; Pioneer Baptist preacher in Ohio, 1921. Creator: Unknown

James Poindexter; Pioneer Baptist preacher in Ohio, 1921. Creator: Unknown
James Poindexter; Pioneer Baptist preacher in Ohio, 1921

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Robert Pelham, Jr. 1887. Creator: Unknown

Robert Pelham, Jr. 1887. Creator: Unknown
Robert Pelham, Jr. 1887. African-American journalist, civil rights activist and civil servant; editor of the Washington Tribune newspaper

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: James M. Trotter, J. C. Corbin, G. W. Dupee, Allen Allensworth, 1887. Creator: Unknown

James M. Trotter, J. C. Corbin, G. W. Dupee, Allen Allensworth, 1887. Creator: Unknown
James M. Trotter, J. C. Corbin, G. W. Dupee, Allen Allensworth, 1887. Prominent African-Americans. James Monroe Trotter, teacher, soldier, employee of the US Post Office Department, music historian

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: T. T. Fortune, 1887. Creator: Unknown

T. T. Fortune, 1887. Creator: Unknown
T. T. Fortune, 1887. Timothy Thomas Fortune, African-American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor, economist and publisher

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Harvey Johnson, 1887. Creator: Unknown

Harvey Johnson, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Harvey Johnson, 1887. African-American pastor and civil rights activist. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: C. B. Purvis, 1887. Creator: Unknown

C. B. Purvis, 1887. Creator: Unknown
C. B. Purvis, 1887. African-American doctor Charles Burleigh Purvis was the first black physician to treat a sitting president when he attended James Garfield after he was shot by an assassin in

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: H. O. Wagoner, 1887. Creator: Unknown

H. O. Wagoner, 1887. Creator: Unknown
H. O. Wagoner, 1887. Henry O. Wagoner, African-American abolitionist and civil rights activist involved with the Underground Railroad

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: J. A. Arneaux, 1887. Creator: Unknown

J. A. Arneaux, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. A. Arneaux, 1887. African-American Shakespearean actor, journalist and civil rights activist John A. Arneaux was editor

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: James Poindexter, 1887. Creator: Unknown

James Poindexter, 1887. Creator: Unknown
James Poindexter, 1887. James Preston Poindexter, of black, white and Native American heritage, was an abolitionist, civil rights activist, politician, and Baptist minister

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: N. H. Ensley, 1887. Creator: Unknown

N. H. Ensley, 1887. Creator: Unknown
N. H. Ensley, 1887. Newell Houston Ensley, African-American Baptist minister and civil rights activist; professor at Shaw University, Howard University, and Alcorn University

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Alexander Walters, 1887. Creator: Unknown

Alexander Walters, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Alexander Walters, 1887. African-American bishop, clergyman, civil rights leader. Born into slavery, he become a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: John Mitchell, Jr. 1887. Creator: Unknown

John Mitchell, Jr. 1887. Creator: Unknown
John Mitchell, Jr. 1887. African American businessman, newspaper editor, civil rights activist, and politician: founded and served as president of the Mechanics Savings Bank; editor of the Richmond

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: J. H. Burrus, J. D. Baltimore, J. R. Clifford, Wiley Jones, 1887. Creator: Unknown

J. H. Burrus, J. D. Baltimore, J. R. Clifford, Wiley Jones, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. H. Burrus, J. D. Baltimore, J. R. Clifford, Wiley Jones, 1887. Prominent African-Americans. Professor of mathematics John Houston Burrus, whose parents were a slave-owner and a slave

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: W. E. Mathews, 1887. Creator: Unknown

W. E. Mathews, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. E. Mathews, 1887. William E. Matthews, African-American lawyer, financier, and civil rights activist, promoted education for freedmen during and after the US Civil War

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: T. T. Allain, 1887. Creator: Unknown

T. T. Allain, 1887. Creator: Unknown
T. T. Allain, 1887. Theophile T. Allain, African-American politician and civil rights activist. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Sojourner Truth, 1897. Creator: Unknown

Sojourner Truth, 1897. Creator: Unknown
Sojourner Truth, 1897. African-American abolitionist, women's rights activist and writer. From The white side of a black subject

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: T. Thomas Fortune, 1891. Creator: Unknown

T. Thomas Fortune, 1891. Creator: Unknown
T. Thomas Fortune, 1891. Timothy Thomas Fortune, African-American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor, economist and publisher. From The Afro-American press and its editors

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: The New York Sunday herald. Oct. 20th 1895. c1895. Creator: Charles Hubbard Wright

The New York Sunday herald. Oct. 20th 1895. c1895. Creator: Charles Hubbard Wright
The New York Sunday herald. Oct. 20th 1895. c1895

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Sketch for the reception hall of the town hall of the 20th arrondissement: Birth, homeland... 1884

Sketch for the reception hall of the town hall of the 20th arrondissement: Birth, homeland... 1884
Sketch for the reception hall of the town hall of the 20th arrondissement: Birth, homeland, duty, rights , 1884

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Sketch for the reception hall of the town hall of the 20th arrondissement: Birth, homeland... 1884

Sketch for the reception hall of the town hall of the 20th arrondissement: Birth, homeland... 1884
Sketch for the reception hall of the town hall of the 20th arrondissement: Birth, homeland, duty, rights , 1884

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, 1922. Creator: Unknown

Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, 1922

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Dr. Roman's clinic; First Operation performed in the George W. Hubbard Hospital... 1922

Dr. Roman's clinic; First Operation performed in the George W. Hubbard Hospital... 1922. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Roman's clinic; First Operation performed in the George W. Hubbard Hospital connected with Meharry Medical College; Dr. Roman is second from the left; Photo by Lay Brothers, Nashville, Tenn

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Thanksgiving Crusader Magazine; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race. [Cover page], 1918-1922

Thanksgiving Crusader Magazine; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race. [Cover page], 1918-1922

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: On to Washington; A. Philip Randolph, Candidate for Assembly from the 19th Assembly... 1918-1922

On to Washington; A. Philip Randolph, Candidate for Assembly from the 19th Assembly... 1918-1922. Creator: Unknown
On to Washington; A. Philip Randolph, Candidate for Assembly from the 19th Assembly Distric, 1918-1922

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: George William Curtis, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

George William Curtis, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Geo. Wm. Curtis, between 1855 and 1865. [Author, public speaker: in favour of African-American equality and civil rights ]

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Joseph Hayne Rainey of South Carolina, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown

Joseph Hayne Rainey of South Carolina, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Joseph Hayne Rainey of South Carolina, 1865-1880. Rainey, Hon. Joseph Hayne of S.C. between 1865 and 1880. [Politician, barber, banker

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Joseph H. Rainey, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown

Joseph H. Rainey, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Joseph H. Rainey, between 1860 and 1875. [Politician, barber, banker. Born into slavery, he was the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Rufus B. Bullock, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown

Rufus B. Bullock, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Rufus B. Bullock, between 1860 and 1875. [Politician, businessman: Governor of Georgia; called for equal political rights for blacks and whites]

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Moody, Mr. Wm. H. made in his office at Supreme Court, between 1890 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Moody, Mr. Wm. H. made in his office at Supreme Court, between 1890 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Moody, Mr. Wm. H. made in his office at Supreme Court, between 1890 and 1910

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Untitled negative showing a portrait of A. Philip Randolph, labor leader, Washington, D. C, 1942

Untitled negative showing a portrait of A. Philip Randolph, labor leader, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
[Untitled negative showing a portrait of A. Philip Randolph, labor leader, Washington, D.C. ]

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Hayes, President Rutherford B. between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown

Hayes, President Rutherford B. between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Hayes, President Rutherford B. between 1865 and 1880

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Gov. Pinchback, between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Unknown

Gov. Pinchback, between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Gov. Pinchback, between 1870 and 1880

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Bullock, Hon. Rufus B. Gov. of GA. between 1860 and 1870. Creator: Unknown

Bullock, Hon. Rufus B. Gov. of GA. between 1860 and 1870. Creator: Unknown
Bullock, Hon. Rufus B. Gov. of GA. between 1860 and 1870

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Walter White, executive secretary of the National Association... Colored People, Washington, 1942

Walter White, executive secretary of the National Association... Colored People, Washington, 1942
Washington, D.C. Walter White, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Medal Depicting George William Curtis, 1892 / 1908. Creator: Victor David Brenner

Medal Depicting George William Curtis, 1892 / 1908. Creator: Victor David Brenner
Medal Depicting George William Curtis, 1892/1908

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800-1878), Before 1878. Creator: Unknown

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800-1878), Before 1878. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800-1878), Before 1878

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Drafting pen owned by William J. Powell, ca. 1920s. Creator: Unknown

Drafting pen owned by William J. Powell, ca. 1920s. Creator: Unknown
Drafting pen owned by William J. Powell, ca. 1920s. During the 1920s, African-American engineer, soldier, civil aviator and author William J

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Portrait of George William Curtis (1824-1892), Circa 1870s. Creator: Purdy & Frear

Portrait of George William Curtis (1824-1892), Circa 1870s. Creator: Purdy & Frear
Portrait of George William Curtis (1824-1892), Circa 1870s

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Pinback button for the 1963 March on Washington, 1963. Creator: Unknown

Pinback button for the 1963 March on Washington, 1963. Creator: Unknown
The purpose of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. A white pin-back button with black text

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Vietnam tour jacket with Black Power embroidery, 1971-1972. Creator: Saha Union Group

Vietnam tour jacket with Black Power embroidery, 1971-1972. Creator: Saha Union Group
Black jacket probably worn by an African-American soldier during the Vietnam war. The back features discolored white embroidery

Background imageCivil Rights Collection: Pinback button which reads 'Malcolm X Speaks For Me', 1960-1970

Pinback button which reads "Malcolm X Speaks For Me", 1960-1970
Malcolm X (1925-1965), was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist during the civil rights movement



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