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Oh Freedom
This pairing of the slideshow and song displays the resilience and dedication of civil rights marchers as they marched for freedom.
July 18, 2022
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Freedom Primer No. 1: The Convention Challenge and the Freedom Vote
This pamphlet from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) explains their unsuccessful 1964 Democratic National Convention challenge in Atlantic City and the MFDP’s plans moving forward from the convention.
July 18, 2022
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Incident in Hattiesburg
Howard Zinn calls for an end to the police brutality Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteers experience in Mississippi.
July 18, 2022
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A. Philip Randolph Oral History Interview 1
This text is a transcription of a meeting between A. Philip Randolph and Harry Truman in which Randolph encourages Truman to pass an executive order barring Jim Crow laws in the armed forces.
July 18, 2022
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom World War II and Post War (1940–1949)
This excerpt is part of a larger exhibition from the Library of Congress. This excerpt demonstrates the ways World War II and the Cold War informed President Roosevelt’s and President Truman’s decisions to pursue civil rights legislation.
July 18, 2022
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Statement by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on the War in Vietnam, Fire, Praise for SNCC Statement on Vietnam, Murdered: Sammy Younge
The text is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s official statement denouncing U.S. actions in Vietnam, plus a press release and a newspaper article on SNNC.
July 18, 2022
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Violence Stalks Voter-Registration Workers in Mississippi
This Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) report details violent reprisals toward voter-registration workers in Mississippi.
June 22, 2022
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Report on Draft Program (found in Atlanta’s Black Paper, August 25, 1966)
Issued in the August 25, 1966, edition of Atlanta’s Black Paper, this report on the Vietnam War draft describes the violent actions of American military personnel toward peaceful Black protestors over the course of several days.
June 22, 2022
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A Lie Nailed
This Appeal editorial from 1893 refutes the description in the Chicago Herald of conditions experienced by African Americans while traveling on Southern railroads.
June 22, 2022
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The Crusader Monthly Newsletter, Volume 6, No. 2, October Special Edition 1964
In this October 1964 special edition of Robert F. Williams’ Crusader newsletter, Williams provides a platform for Chinese leaders to call for an end to the discrimination of Black people in the United States.
June 22, 2022