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Phillips High School Students Protest Against Integration, 1963
No full textHigh school students walk past a line of policemen in front of Phillips High School to protest school integration. Caption of photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- JOIN DEMONSTRATION -- Students walk past a line of policemen as they leave Phillips High School (background) today to join students from other city schools protesting integration. Students from integrated and segregated [illegible] held a demonstration outside segregated Phillips High.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
West End High School Student Leading Integration Protest from Roof, 1963
No full textA West End High School student stands on a roof speaking through a megaphone to a group gathered in his backyard that walked out of class to protest the integration of Birmingham high schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 11 -- SHOUTING FROM THE HOUSE TOP -- A young West End High student talks through a megaphone to a group gathered in the backyard of his home after they left school today. The walkout came on the second day of integrated classes. The group attempted to demonstrate and when police broke it up they regrouped in the yard a block away.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Arthur Shores and a Policeman View Bomb Damage To Home, 1963
No full textAttorney Arthur Shores and a police officer inspect the damage to a window in his home after a bomb went off in his yard. Caption on photo reads: (BM20) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 4 -- BOMB DAMAGE -- Arthur Shores, right, Negro attorney, and a police officer view damage to a window of the Shores home after a bomb went off in the yard in Birmingham, Ala. tonight.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Brenda Davenport and Dick Gregory With Others, August 1985
No full textDick Gregory is shown posing in front of a blackboard with Brenda Davenport and others at a youth rally event during the 28th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Convention in Montgomery, Alabama.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
A Group of Students Standing Outside of Taliaferro County Freedom School, circa 1960
No full textA group of students are shown standing outside of Taliaferro County Freedom School.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Jackie Robinson and Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker Looking at Church Bombing Damage, circa 1962
No full textJackie Robinson and Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker are shown inspecting the damage caused by a fire to Mount Olive Baptist Church in Terrell County, Georgia.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
A Group of Demonstrators Helping Kathleen Johnson Out of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, August 28, 1963
No full textMarch on Washington attendee Kathleen Johnson is helped by others in getting out of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after having fallen in. Caption on photo reads: (LME9) WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- DAMP DEMONSTRATOR -- Mrs. Kathleen Johnson of Newark, N.J., gets help from unidentified members of the crowd assembled near the Lincoln Memorial as part of the March on Washington. Mrs. Johnson fell into the reflection pool [illegible] the memorial while trying to take a photograph of the area.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
A Woman and a Group of Kids Sitting and Standing in a Bus, circa 1963
No full textAn unidentified woman and children are shown sitting and standing on a bus.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
A Tougaloo College Student Marching With a Cross in Front of Kneeling Protesters, May 2, 1964
No full textA student at Tougaloo College in Mississippi is shown carrying a burned cross at a protest by hundreds of Methodists in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Caption on photo reads: (PG2) PITTSBURGH, May 2 -- BURNED CROSS, A SYMBOL OF PROTEST -- Austin Moore, 21, a student at Touglaoo College at Tougaloo, Miss., carries a burned cross at a protest by hundreds of Methodists today in Pittsburgh. They claim their church's stand on integration is inadequate. Moore said the cross was burned by segregationists on the campus of his college.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
William Cousins, Dick Gregory, and Jesse Jackson at an Operation Breadbasket Protest, 1967
No full textWilliam Cousins, Dick Gregory, and Jesse Jackson are shown holding signs at an Operation Breadbasket protest regarding High-Low Food Stores. Written on verso: Ald. Wm. Cousins, Dick Gregory, Jesse Jackson - High Low protestThe Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection