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Martin Luther King
"As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapons of love. Let no man pull you so low as to hate him. Always avoid violence. If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in your struggle unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos."
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Martin Luther King Up Close
Bob Fitch was uniquely positioned to reveal a side of Martin Luther King we seldom see. As SCLC and King's personal photographer, He was present in private moments: King with his children; with staff in tense negotiations; in glimpses of hilarity and danger. Taken together, they round out our picture of an historic but also very human person.
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King Funeral
Bob Fitch was King's personal photographer. He photographed not only the funeral, but intimate family pictures leading up to and following the funeral
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Birmingham Church Bombing
On Sunday, September 17, 1963, Ku Klux Klansmen set off a large bomb near the basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church during Sunday service, killing four young girls. It was the most heinous in a long series of violent crimes against blacks. Pictures show damage, police action, civil rights movement reaction, and the funeral of three of the girls.
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Voting Rights
The pictures in this portfolio represent a structured narrative of progress toward black suffrage, beginning with examples of systematic exclusion of blacks from voter registration rolls and voter registration efforts in the face of this exclusion.
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The March on Washington
The March on Washington was the largest human rights demonstration in the history of the American republic. 300,000 people traveled to Washington on August 28, 1963 to demonstrate for jobs, voting rights and freedom. The 100 images in this folio encompass the pagentry and size of the event, as well as many wonderful human moments.
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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) was established in the spring of 1964 after it became clear that blacks would be excluded from voting or taking part in activities of the regular state Democratic Party. Following established practices, the MFDP elected it's own delegates to the Democratic Party Nominating Convention in Atlantic City, and mounted a powerful challenge to the seating of Mississippi Democrats. These pictures and accompanying text tell the story of that challenge.
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Mississippi Summer Project, 1964
Mississippi Freedom Summer. Civil rights leaders brought a thousand students from mostly Ivy League colleges into the state in the summer of 1964 to teach in Freedom Schools and do community organizing and voter registration. Pictures show Freedom School activity, the construction of a community center, voter registration, and other activities.
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Selma to Montgomery March: Part I
Most significant of all the civil rights demonstrations, the March and the events that gave rise to it. led directly to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. We've divided this collection of 150 images into three parts for faster loading. This section contains most general march pictures and many iconographic images.
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Selma to Montgomery March: Part II
We've divided this collection of 150 images into three parts for faster loading. This section contains individual shots of civil rights leaders and personalities as well as many spectator pictures.
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Selma to Montgomery March: Part III - color
We've divided this collection of 150 images into three parts for faster loading. This section contains all march pictures in color.
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Prejudice, Hate, Violence, Brutality
This file contains every negative reaction to Civil Rights. Note that not all pictures of police depict brutality; some police are merely enforcing order.
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Local Leaders
Although seldom as well known as the leadership of the major Civil Rights organizations, the indigenous leaders (mostly black, but occasionally white) played a critical role in the growth of the Civil Rights movement.
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Civil Rights Movement Leaders
Four organizations and their leaders dominated Civil Rights activities in the deep South during the 1960's: The Southern Christan Leadership Conference (SCLC) with Martin Luther King, The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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Supporters of the Civil Rights Movement
Here you'll find images of a few of the hundreds of men and women who provided vital support and services to the Movement, either individually or through organizations that joined in the cause.
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