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NAACP photographs of schools and activities to eliminate segregation in education at the college and secondary levels
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Emphasis is on the buildings, facilities, and students at African American schools, historically black colleges, and some integrated universities. Lincoln University, Wayne State, and Wilberforce are represented in 10 or more photos; includes photos comparing schools for African Americans with those for whites; also includes group portraits of college graduation classes; some photos of defendants in school and college desegregation cases, including Donald Gaines Murray (University of Maryland), Autherine Lucy (University of Alabama), Henry Doyle and Heman Sweatt (University of Texas), Ada Lois Sipuel and G.W. McLaurin (University of Oklahoma); some photos show civil disturbances at schools attempting to integrate in the late 1950s, including some of Central High School, Little Rock, Ark.; one photo shows Daisy Bates with the "Little Rock Nine". Includes NAACP youth protesting segregation at Texas State University and college students marching in support of the "Austin-Mahoney" bill. One photo of Billie Holiday with school children from Merriam, Kansas. NAACP staff depicted include: Daisy Bates, Oliver Hill, Ruby Hurley, Thurgood Marshall. Includes several photos of Carl Van Vechten and Georgia O'Keeffe on the Fisk University campus. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hurley, Ruby. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Trials, litigation, etc.--United States--1920-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Marshall, Thurgood,--1908-1993. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | African Americans--Education--United States--1920-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Universities & colleges--United States--1920-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hill, Oliver W.,--1907-2007. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Segregation--United States--1920-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Schools--United States--1920-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | African Americans--Civil rights--United States--1920-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Demonstrations--United States--1920-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bates, Daisy. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Students--United States--1920-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | School integration--United States--1920-1970. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
