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Four free, five in prison, on the same evidence: what the nation's press says about the Scottsboro Case
Anonymous
Four free, five in prison, on the same evidence: what the nation's press says about the Scottsboro Case
Credit: Scottsboro Defense Committee and Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries
Media type: book cover
Year: 1937
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Lynching Negro Children in Southern Courts: (The Scottsboro Case)
Joseph North
Lynching Negro Children in Southern Courts: (The Scottsboro Case)
Credit: International Labor Defense and Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries
Media type: book cover
Year: 1931
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Scottsboro Limited
Prentiss Taylor
Scottsboro Limited
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: engraving
Year: 1931
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The New Deal
Conrad A. Albrizio
The New Deal
Credit:
Media type: fresco
Year: 1934
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Aaron Douglas
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Credit: Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art
Media type: illustration
Year: 1941
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Aspects of the Negro Life: Song of the Towers
Aaron Douglas
Aspects of the Negro Life: Song of the Towers
Credit: The New York Public Library
Media type: mural
Year: 1934
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Depression
Dorothea Lange
Depression
Credit:
Media type: mural
Year: 1935
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350,000 Mexican Americans Deported - Segment From the Great Wall of Los Angeles
Judith F. Baca
350,000 Mexican Americans Deported - Segment From the Great Wall of Los Angeles
Credit: Social and Public Art Resource Center
Media type: mural
Year: 1980
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In the Crowd
Mabel Dwight
In the Crowd
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: painting
Year: 1931
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Study For Aspects of Negro Life: the Negro in an African Setting
Aaron Douglas
Study For Aspects of Negro Life: the Negro in an African Setting
Credit: The Art Institute of Chicago
Media type: painting
Year: 1934
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Shooting Star
Joan Miro
Shooting Star
Credit: National Gallery of Art and Artist Rights Society
Media type: painting
Year: 1938
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The Market
Virginia Darce
The Market
Credit: Portland Art Museum
Media type: painting
Year: 1938
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Midsummer Night in Harlem
Palmer Hayden
Midsummer Night in Harlem
Credit:
Media type: painting
Year: 1930
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La Condition Humaine
Rene Magritte
La Condition Humaine
Credit: National Gallery of Art and Artist Rights Society
Media type: painting
Year: 1933
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Part of an Impoverished Family of Nine On a New Mexico Highway
Dorothea Lange
Part of an Impoverished Family of Nine On a New Mexico Highway
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Migrant Mother
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Photograph From Migrant Mother Series
Dorothea Lange
Photograph From Migrant Mother Series
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Bud Fields and His Family at Home
Walker Evans
Bud Fields and His Family at Home
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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Toward Los Angeles, California
Dorothea Lange
Toward Los Angeles, California
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Negro Drinking at "Colored" Water Cooler
Negro Drinking at "Colored" Water Cooler
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Negro Going in Colored Entrance of Movie House on Saturday Afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
Marion Wolcott
Negro Going in Colored Entrance of Movie House on Saturday Afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Plantation Overseer. Mississippi Delta, Near Clarksdale, Mississippi
Dorothea Lange
Plantation Overseer. Mississippi Delta, Near Clarksdale, Mississippi
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Louis Armstrong, Half-Length Portrait, Facing Left, Playing Trumpet
Anonymous
Louis Armstrong, Half-Length Portrait, Facing Left, Playing Trumpet
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1937
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Jitterbugging in Juke Joint, Memphis Tennessee
Marion Post Wolcott
Jitterbugging in Juke Joint, Memphis Tennessee
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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People Living in Miserable Poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Dorothea Lange
People Living in Miserable Poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Power Farming Displaces Tenants. Childress County, Texas Panhandle
Dorothea Lange
Power Farming Displaces Tenants.  Childress County, Texas Panhandle
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1938
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Squatter Camp in California
Dorothea Lange
Squatter Camp in  California
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Klan Meets in California
Anonymous
Klan Meets in California
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1940
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Napa Valley, Ca. More Than Twenty-Five Years a Bindle-Stiff. Walks From the Mines to the Lumber Camps to the Farms
Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, Ca. More Than Twenty-Five Years a Bindle-Stiff. Walks From the Mines to the Lumber Camps to the Farms
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1938
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Mexican Woman Cleaning Her Backyard. San Antonio, Texas
Mexican Woman Cleaning Her Backyard. San Antonio, Texas
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Mexican Woman Cuttng Spinach, La Pryor, Texas
Mexican Woman Cuttng Spinach, La Pryor, Texas
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Mexican Section. Eagle Pass, Texas
Mexican Section. Eagle Pass, Texas
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Single Filipino Working in Field
James Earl Woods
Single Filipino Working in Field
Credit: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Media type: photograph
Year:
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Labor Strikes: NYC
Dorothea Lange
Labor Strikes: NYC
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1934
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12-Year Old Cotton Worker
Dorothea Lange
12-Year Old Cotton Worker
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1940
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Cotton Camp Outhouse
Dorothea Lange
Cotton Camp Outhouse
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1940
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Cotton Pickers at Noontime
Cotton Pickers at Noontime
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1940
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Filipinos Working in Field
James Earl Woods
Filipinos Working in Field
Credit: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Media type: photograph
Year:
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Filipinos Working in Field
James Earl Woods
Filipinos Working in Field
Credit: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Media type: photograph
Year:
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Filipino Man Processing Fruit
Anonymous
Filipino Man Processing Fruit
Credit: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Media type: photograph
Year: 1930
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Ryer Island, Sacramento County, California. Company Camp For Crew of Filipino Asparagus Field Worker
Dorothea Lange
Ryer Island, Sacramento County, California. Company Camp For Crew of Filipino Asparagus Field Worker
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1940
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Forgotten Women
World-Telegram
Forgotten Women
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1933
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Making Link Sausages
H.C. White Co.
Making Link Sausages
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1905
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Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio
Anonymous
Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1933
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New York City Views. Financial District, Framed By Brooklyn Bridge
Samuel H. Gottscho
New York City Views. Financial District, Framed By Brooklyn Bridge
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1934
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Portrait of a Coal Miner
Jack Delano
Portrait of a Coal Miner
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1940
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Members of the Women's Club Making A Quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa
John Vachon
Members of the Women's Club Making A Quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1940
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Day Laborers Picking Cotton Near Clarksdale
Marion Post Wolcott
Day Laborers Picking Cotton Near Clarksdale
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Cotton Camp Irrigation Ditch
Dorothea Lange
Cotton Camp Irrigation Ditch
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1940
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Ozzie Powell, Defendant in the Scottsboro Case, Full Length Portrait
Anonymous
Ozzie Powell, Defendant in the Scottsboro Case, Full Length Portrait
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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New York City Views. Lower New York From Foot of Brooklyn Bridge
Samuel H. Gottscho
New York City Views. Lower New York From Foot of Brooklyn Bridge
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1932
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Turpentine Worker's Family Near Cordele, Alabama
Dorothea Lange
Turpentine Worker's Family Near Cordele, Alabama
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Evicted Sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri
Arthur Rothstein
Evicted Sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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African American Children Playing Singing Games, Eatonville, Florida
Alan Lomax
African American Children Playing Singing Games, Eatonville, Florida
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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African American Children Playing Singing Games, Eatonville, Florida
Alan Lomax
African American Children Playing Singing Games, Eatonville, Florida
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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Gabriel Brown And Rochelle French, Eatonville, Florida
Alan Lomax
Gabriel Brown And Rochelle French, Eatonville, Florida
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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Gabriel Brown And Rochelle French, Eatonville, Florida
Alan Lomax
Gabriel Brown And Rochelle French, Eatonville, Florida
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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Pinal County, Arizona. Mexican Boy Age 13, Coming in From Cotton Fields at Noon.
Dorothea Lange
Pinal County, Arizona. Mexican Boy Age 13, Coming in From Cotton Fields at Noon.
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1940
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Two African American Men. Lynched, Hanging From Tree, Marion, Indiana
A.P. Glover
Two African American Men. Lynched, Hanging From Tree, Marion, Indiana
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1930
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Filipino Migrant Workers
Dorothea Lange
Filipino Migrant Workers
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Negro Boys at Gee's Bend, Alabama
Arthur Rothstein
Negro Boys at Gee's Bend, Alabama
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1937
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Immigrant Family Looking at The Statue of Liberty
Anonymous
Immigrant Family Looking at The Statue of Liberty
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1930
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Stavin' Chain Playing Guitar And Singing The Ballad
Alan Lomax
Stavin' Chain Playing Guitar And Singing The Ballad
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1934
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Sharecropper's Wife and Children
Arthur Rothstein
Sharecropper's Wife and Children
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year:
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Sharecropper Plowing Montgomery County, Alabama
Arthur Rothstein
Sharecropper Plowing Montgomery County, Alabama
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1937
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Produce Market
George Herlick
Produce Market
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1937
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Sharecropper's Children
Arthu Rothstein
Sharecropper's Children
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1937
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Saturday Afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi
Arthur Rothstein
Saturday Afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Negro laborer's family being moved from Arkansas to Mississippi by white tenant
Dorothea Lange
Negro laborer's family being moved from Arkansas to Mississippi by white tenant
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1938
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Picking Cotton Outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta
Marion Post Wolcott
Picking Cotton Outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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New York City, Northeast view from the Empire State
William France
New York City, Northeast view from the Empire State
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1931
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Erosion on a Missouri Farm
Arthur Rothstein
Erosion on a Missouri Farm
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Negroes Brought In By Truck From Nearby Towns as Day Labor for Cotton Picking. Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
Marion Post Wolcott
Negroes Brought In By Truck From Nearby Towns as Day Labor for Cotton Picking. Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Men Loafing in Crossville, Tennessee
Ben Shahn
Men Loafing in Crossville, Tennessee
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1937
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Mexican Mother in California
Dorothea Lange
Mexican Mother in California
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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Baptist Preacher, Alma Plantation, False River, Louisiana
Alan Lomax
Baptist Preacher, Alma Plantation, False River, Louisiana
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1934
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Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles
Lewis W. Hine
Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1937
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Thousands of Migrant Workers Are Employed For Harvesting the Potato Crop of Kern County, California
Dorothea Lange
Thousands of Migrant Workers Are Employed For Harvesting the Potato Crop of Kern County, California
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1938
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Migrant Agricultural Worker Picking Potatoes Near Shafter, California
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Agricultural Worker Picking Potatoes Near Shafter, California
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1938
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Outskirts of Salinas, California. Father and Son Picking Potatoes
Dorothea Lange
Outskirts of Salinas, California. Father and Son Picking Potatoes
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Street Scene, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Street Scene, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1939
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Free Classes in English!: Learn To Speak, Read, & Write the Language of Your Children [...] Special Classes For Educated Foreign Born. N.Y.C.
Anonymous
Free Classes in English!: Learn To Speak, Read, & Write the Language of Your Children [...] Special Classes For Educated Foreign Born. N.Y.C.
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: poster
Year: 1936
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Empire State Building
Anonymous
Empire State Building
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: print
Year: 1931
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Chrysler Building, New York City
Anonymous
Chrysler Building, New York City
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: print
Year: 1930
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Separate But Not Equal: Broken school bus in Louisa County, Virginia
Separate But Not Equal: Broken school bus in Louisa County, Virginia
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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Separate and Unequal: Segregated School Building in Louisa County, Virginia
Separate and Unequal: Segregated School Building in Louisa County, Virginia
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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Separate and Unequal: Segregated School Building in Camden, Massachusetts
Separate and Unequal: Segregated School Building in  Camden, Massachusetts
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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Separate and Unequal: African American Students in Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Separate and Unequal: African American Students in Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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The NAACP Legal Team, 1933
The NAACP Legal Team, 1933
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1933
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Murray v. Maryland, 1936: Thurgood Marshall and Charles Houston with their client Donald Gaines Murray during court proceedings
Murray v. Maryland, 1936: Thurgood Marshall and Charles Houston with their client Donald Gaines Murray during court proceedings
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1935
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Mexican girls, San Antonio, Texas
Mexican girls, San Antonio, Texas
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1934
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Children chopping cotton.
Carl Mydans
Children chopping cotton.
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime.
Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime.
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1936
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Child of sharecropper cultivating cotton
Child of sharecropper cultivating cotton
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1938
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Bus Station in Durham, North Carolina
Jack Delano
Bus Station in Durham, North Carolina
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1940
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