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These photographs trace the American civil rights movement from the fight to desegregate public schools in 1954 to the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968. The best-known marches appear alongside quieter scenes of organizing, waiting, and holding ground.

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The Lawyers After Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
The Lawyers After Brown v. Board of Education, 1954: George E. C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James M. Nabrit…
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Mamie Till-Mobley Meets Her Son’s Casket, 1955
Mamie Till-Mobley Meets Her Son’s Casket, 1955: Mamie Till-Mobley meets the casket of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, in…
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Rosa Parks Is Fingerprinted, February 1956
Rosa Parks Is Fingerprinted, February 1956: Montgomery law officer D. H. Lackey fingerprints Rosa Parks on February 22…
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Elizabeth Eckford at Little Rock Central High, 1957
Elizabeth Eckford at Little Rock Central High, 1957: Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, walks past a hostile…
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Students Sit In at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, 1960
Students Sit In at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, 1960: Four Black students sit at the segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in…
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Ruby Bridges on the School Steps, 1960
Ruby Bridges on the School Steps, 1960: Federal marshals accompany six-year-old Ruby Bridges on the steps of William Frantz…
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The Freedom Riders’ Bus Burns Near Anniston, 1961
The Freedom Riders’ Bus Burns Near Anniston, 1961: Smoke pours from a Greyhound bus near Anniston, Alabama, on May 14…
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James Meredith Walks to Class at Ole Miss, 1962
James Meredith Walks to Class at Ole Miss, 1962: James Meredith walks to class with a federal escort at the University of…
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Fire Hoses Turned on Birmingham Demonstrators, 1963
Fire Hoses Turned on Birmingham Demonstrators, 1963: Birmingham firefighters aim a hose at young civil rights demonstrators…
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Myrlie Evers and Her Son at the Funeral, 1963
Myrlie Evers and Her Son at the Funeral, 1963: Myrlie Evers comforts her son Darrell at the June 15, 1963, funeral of…
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Bayard Rustin Maps the March, 1963
Bayard Rustin Maps the March, 1963: Organizer Bayard Rustin points to a map of the route for the March on Washington. The…
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Marchers Fill the Lincoln Memorial, 1963
Marchers Fill the Lincoln Memorial, 1963: Marchers pack the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. The March on…
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Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers ‘I Have a Dream,’ 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers ‘I Have a Dream,’ 1963: Bob Adelman photographed Martin Luther King Jr. delivering “I Have…
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A Funeral After the Birmingham Church Bombing, 1963
A Funeral After the Birmingham Church Bombing, 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. attends the funeral for Addie Mae Collins…
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Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. at the Capitol, 1964
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. at the Capitol, 1964: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. meet at the U.S. Capitol on…
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Lyndon Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Act, 1964
Lyndon Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Act, 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964…
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A Mississippi Freedom School Class, 1964
A Mississippi Freedom School Class, 1964: Ethel Murrell Stokes and Theresia Clark study alongside their teacher, Sandra…
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Fannie Lou Hamer at the Democratic Convention, 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer at the Democratic Convention, 1964: Fannie Lou Hamer attends the Democratic National Convention in…
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John Lewis and Hosea Williams Lead Marchers in Selma, 1965
John Lewis and Hosea Williams Lead Marchers in Selma, 1965: Hosea Williams and John Lewis lead voting rights marchers…
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Marchers Cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge Again, 1965
Marchers Cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge Again, 1965: An aerial view shows marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge on…
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Lyndon Johnson Signs the Voting Rights Act, 1965
Lyndon Johnson Signs the Voting Rights Act, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act on August 6…

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