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Civil Rights march
Protest circa 1960's.
"We Support Wally Nelson - in jail on a trumped up charge," and "Black and White Together," ca. 1965 -- Wally Nelson was an American civil rights activist and war tax resister. He spent three and a half years in prison as a conscientious objector during World War II, he was on the first of the “freedom rides” that sought to enforce desegregation in 1947, and he was the first national field organizer for the Congress of Racial Equality. Photo credit: MPI / Getty Images
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The black-and-white photograph of two women with signs that read "Freedom Now CORE" and "Whose Great Society?" was taken by Diana Davies at the March with Selma civil rights demonstration in Harlem, NY in 1965. CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) was one of the leading activist organizations in the early years of the American Civil Rights Movement. "Great Society" was Lyndon B. Johnson's set of domestic initiatives to eradicate poverty and racial injustice.
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"Civil Rights Protest March - North, Carolina 1961"
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Martin Luther King Jr. deliberately cultivated violence.
"Civil Rights Plus Full Employment Equals Freedom." Demonstration in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Photo credit: Consolidated News Pictures / Getty Images
The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans and was also where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
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