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NAACP photographs of voter registration activities and voting rights infringement cases
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Voter registration activities and campaigns in Atlanta, Ga., Birmingham, Ala.; Tampa, Fla.; and other unidentified locations; includes children participating in registration activities; photos of "Tent City" in Fayette County, Tenn., a camp for African Americans driven from their homes for registering to vote in 1960; several photos of witnesses for voting rights infringement cases; photos related to the Gus Courts and George Lee voting restrictions case of 1955 show Courts in the hospital suffering from gun shot wounds he received for registering to vote and photos taken at the funeral of George Lee, who was murdered for his voter registration activities. NAACP staff depicted include: Gus Courts, William Borders, Clarence Mitchell, and Austin T. Walden. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Voter registration--United States--1940-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Walden, A. T.--(Austin Thomas),--1885-1965. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | African Americans--Civil rights--United States--1940-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Courts, Gus. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | African Americans--Children--United States--1940-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mitchell, Clarence M.--(Clarence Maurice),--Jr.,--1911-1984. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Children--Political activity--United States--1940-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Borders, William Holmes,--1905- |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Suffrage--United States--1940-1970. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
