Human Rights Collection (page 4)

Pinback button stating "Black Lives Matter Everyday", from MMM 20th Anniversary
The Million Man March - a large gathering of African-American men in Washington, D.C. took place on 16 October 1995. It was called by Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam

Pinback button stating "Justice Or Else 10-10-2015", from MMM 20th Anniversary
The Million Man March - a large gathering of African-American men in Washington, D.C. took place on 16 October 1995. It was called by Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam

Patience on a Monument, October 8, 1868. Creator: Thomas Nast
A rare broadside supplement to the Cincinnati Gazette, " Patience on a Monument, " shows a freed slave sitting atop a monument that lists evils perpetrated against blacks

Flyer promoting the second phase of the NCNWs Citizenship Education Project, 1956
This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)

Plate 45 from Los Caprichos: There is Plenty to Suck (Mucho hay que chupar. ), 1799
Plate 45 from Los Caprichos: There is Plenty to Suck (Mucho hay que chupar.), 1799

The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). A group of British suffragettes, recently released from prison, with a Welcome banner

William Wilberforce, c1800, (c1884). Creator: Unknown
William Wilberforce, c1800, (c1884). William Wilberforce (1759-1833), British politician and philanthropist educated at Hull Grammar School and St Johns College, Cambridge

Charles Bradlaugh... Claiming the Right to Make the Affirmation of Allegiance... 1880, (1901)
Charles Bradlaugh, at the Bar of the House of Commons, Claiming the Right to Make the Affirmation of Allegiance instead of taking the Oath, 1880, (1901)

A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows, pub. 1796. Creator: John Gabriel Stedman (1744-97)
A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows, from Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, from the year 1772

Plan showing how Slaves were transported on board a Slave Ship in the 18th Century (engraving)

First ballot that allowed women to vote, polling station in a school in Madrid, legislative elections in October 1933

Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings, 1909. The Suffragettes found that by chaining themselves to railings they could gain much needed time to deliver their speeches

A mass of spectators at the Monument, London, 18 April 1913. Crowds gathered around the Monument after it had been captured by two suffragettes

Suffragettes trying to speak to the Prime Minister, London, 1908. Olive Fergus (left) and Mrs Frank Corbet flank Prime Minister Herbert Asquith (1852-1928)

Stand of the Wimbledon branch of the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU), London, 1911. The stand of the Wimbledon branch of the WSPU at the Christmas Bazaar located in the Portman Rooms, 1911

Two suffragettes celebrating their release from Holloway Prison, London, on 22 August 1908. Mary Leigh (left) (1885-c1978) and Edith New (1877)

Young suffragettes promote the fortnight-long Womens Exhibition, London, 13 May 1909. The exhibition, organised by the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU) was to be held at Princes Skating Rink

The suffragettes of Ealing, London, 1912. A group of suffragettes holding placards publicising a public meeting to be held on Ealing Common on 1 June, 1912

Spectators gather on Portland Place to watch the Womens Sunday procession, London, 21 June 1908. On Sunday 21 June 1908 thousands of people gathered in London to watch six processions organised by

Barbara Ayrton, British suffragette, campaigning on the Votes for Women bus, October 1909. She is wearing the suffragette uniform, and a sash which would have been white purple and green

Miss Kelly, a suffragette, selling Votes for Women, July 1911. She is standing in the road so she cannot be arrested for obstruction

Ada Flatman, British suffragette, at a demonstration she organised in Liverpool, 1909. Ada Flatman (1876-1951) is second from the right

Una Dugdale, British suffragette, campaigning at the Newcastle by-election, September 1908. Una Dugdales (1880-1975) sisters, Joan and Daisy, were also suffragettes

Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, British suffragettes, 18 September, 1908. Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence

Jessie Kenney, British suffragette, dressed as a telegraph boy, 10 December 1909. Jessie Kenney (1887-1985) as she tried to gain admittance to Prime Minister Herbert Asquiths meeting dressed as a

Arrest of Dora Marsden, British suffragette, outside the Victoria University of Manchester, 1909
Arrest of Dora Marsden, British suffragette, outside the Victoria University of Manchester, 4 October 1909. Dora Marsden (1882-1960) heckled Lord Morley, who was speaking at the University

Lady Constance Lytton, British suffragette, Newcastle, 9 October 1909. Lady Constance Lytton (1869-1923) before she threw a stone at Sir Walter Runcimans car

Suffragette being force fed with the nasal tube in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. In response to their hunger strikes several suffragettes were subjected to being force fed

Hunger strikers waving to Christabel Pankhurst from their cells in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. The fourteen suffragettes went on hunger in protest at the governments refusal to treat them as

Christabel Pankhurst waving to the hunger strikers from a house overlooking Holloway Prison, 1909. Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) was one of the leaders of the British suffragette movement

Britsh suffragette Emmeline Pethick-Lawrences release from prison, 17 April 1909. The procession in her honour of her release marched from Marble Arch to the Aldwych Theatre

British suffragette Elsie Howey as Joan of Arc, London, 17 April 1909. Elsie Howey (1884-1963) dressed as Joan of Arc on the day of Joans beatification

The Womens Social and Political Union fife and drum band out for the first time, 13 May 1909. On 13 May the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)

The arrest of suffragette Dora Marsden, 30 March 1909. Dora Marsden (1882-1960) was the standard bearer at a demonstration organised by the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)

The Human Letters dispatched by Jessie Kenney to Mr Asquith at 10 Downing Street, London, 1909. Part of the campaign by the suffragette movement to win the vote for women

Procession to welcome the early release of suffragettes from prison on 19 December 1908. Procession in Trafalgar Square to welcome Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

Ejection of a woman questioner from City Temple, London, 12 November 1908. Artist
Ejection of a woman questioner from City Temple, London, 12 November 1908. The woman was ejected for interrupting a speech given by Augustine Birrell

The Womens Freedom League attempting to enter the House of Commons, London, 1908. On 28 October, as part of the campaign to secure the vote for women

Herbert Gladstone in the witness box at the trial of Emmeline Pankhurst and others, London, 1908. Herbert Gladstone (1854-1930), Home Secretary at the time

Arrest of leading suffragettes, London, 13 October 1908. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) and Flora Drummond (1878-1949) being read the warrant for their arrest

Mr Curtis Bennet listening to Christabel Pankhursts speech from the dock, London, October 1908. Bennet, the magistrate, listening to Pankhursts speech in which she argues her case with such requests

Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, British suffragettes, London, 12 October 1908. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and her daughter Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958)

The head of the Womens Sunday Procession to Hyde Park, London, 21 June 1908. Artist
The head of the Womens Sunday Procession to Hyde Park, London, 21 June 1908. On Sunday 21 June 1908 thousands of people gathered in London to watch six processions organised by the suffragettes which

Members of both Houses watching suffragettes in Parliament Square, London, 30 June 1908. Lord Rosebery, Lloyd George, Winston Churchill and Herbert Gladstone all watched from Palace Yard

Keir Hardie addressing the first womens suffrage demonstration, London, 19 May 1906
Keir Hardie addressing the first womens suffrage demonstration, Trafalgar Square, London, 19 May 1906. Hardie (1856-1915) was a Scottish trade unionist

Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney, British suffragettes, 1909. Artist: GK Jones
Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney, British suffragettes, 1909. Both Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) and Annie Kenney (1879-1953) were central members to the Suffragette movement

Christabel Pankhurst, British suffragette, questioning Herbert Gladstone in court, London 1909
Christabel Pankhurst, British suffragette, questioning Herbert Gladstone in court, London, 1908. Gladstone (1856-1915), Home Secretary at the time

Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragette leader, carrying a petition, London, 13 February 1908. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

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