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DimensionsOverall: 7 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (19.4 x 16.2 cm)
Accession Number 2024.234
Classificationsphotograph
Urges Adoption Of All Out Civil Rights Program: Attired in cap and gown, President Truman calls for swift adoption of an all out Civil Rights program backed up by "the full force and power of the federal government" in his commencement address today at Howard University, a Negro institution. The President said he was "not one of those who feel that we can leave these matters up to the state alone, or that we can rely solely on the efforts of men of good will," Washington D.C., June 13, 1952
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Senator Strom Thurmond (D-South Carolina) is all smiles as he steps outside of the Senate Gallery mobbed by reporters after winding up his 24-hour, 18-minutes talkathon against the Civil Rights Bill. Thurmond bested the record set by Wayne Morse of Oregon in 1953, Washington D.C., August 28, 1957
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1957
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Senate page boy Bill Owens, Alexandria, Louisiana, carries a pile of civil rights debate records into the Senate Chamber as the Senate prepares for round-the-clock sessions in an effort to force action on a civil rights bill. A similar stack of records will be placed on each Senator's desk, Washington DC, February 29, 1960
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1960
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Beginning Round No. 2: Governor George Wallace of Alabama, a onetime boxer, listens to a question today at the start of a second round of questioning about his opposition to the Administration's Civil Rights program. Wallace is before the Senate Commerce Committee at a Washinton hearing, July 16, 1963
1963
Image Not Available for Conference In Wake of Assassination: President Johnson today met in the White House Cabinet Room with civil rights leaders and government officials. The conference was called in wake of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. At left is Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Washington DC, April 5, 1968
Conference In Wake of Assassination: President Johnson today met in the White House Cabinet Room with civil rights leaders and government officials. The conference was called in wake of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. At left is Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Washington DC, April 5, 1968
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1968
Image Not Available for Leads Poor Campaign: Civil rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy wipes his face during his appearance before a Senate Labor and Public Welfare subcommittee in Washington, April 20, 1968. Abernathy is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and successor to the assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Washington D.C., April 30, 1968
Leads Poor Campaign: Civil rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy wipes his face during his appearance before a Senate Labor and Public Welfare subcommittee in Washington, April 20, 1968. Abernathy is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and successor to the assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Washington D.C., April 30, 1968
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1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Of Mississippi Matters: Aaron Henry, Mississippi president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, appears today before a House Judiciary Subcommittee. Henry a close associate of slain negro leader Medgar W. Evers, was called to testify on racial problems in Mississippi. The subcommittee is holding hearings on proposed civil rights legislation, Washington DC, June 13, 1963
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1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Revenge Riots Sweep America: President Johnson called federal troops into the ntaion's capital yesterday to restore peace to this frightened city after a day of arson, looting and violence in the wake of the slaying of Negro civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. Here, a trooper stands gaurd in the street as another (left) patrols a completely demolished building. Negroes in at least 20 cities demonstrated their anger in violence at the death of Dr. King, April 6, 1968
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1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
White House Introduction: President Eisenhower reaches across George M. Johnson, new member of the Civil Rights Commission, to shake hands with Johnson's wife at the end of a ceremony swearing him into the post. Johnson, who holds his commission, is the former dean of the Howard University School of Law, Washington D.C., June 9, 1959
1959
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Senator Strom Thurmond (D-South Carolina) points to clock in Capitol during a break in his one-man talkathon against the Civil Rights Bill. A colleague yielded to give to give Thurmond a short break. He threatened to talk all night, Washington D.C., August 29, 1957
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1957
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Key figures in the Southern bloc of about 75 House members who have pledged themselves to fight Civil Rights when it comes up on House floor on March 10th are shown as they conferred following a luncheon conference. Left to right: Representatives John Bell Williams (D-Mississippi), John L. Flynt (D-Georgia) and Dale Alford (D-Arkansas), Washington D.C., March 9, 1960
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1960
Image Not Available for Racial prejudice is acquired, not inherited, sociologists point out. These children at a nonsegregated housing project in Washington, D.C., are growing up in an atmosphere of racial harmony, reflecting the attitudes in their parents' homes. There is no reason to believe that integration will contribute to intermarriages, the social scientists say, because experience has shown that 90% of all marriages are between people who have similar racial, social and religious backgrounds. This is one example of racial integration of a number in the nation's capital. President Eisenhower hopes Washington will became a model for the rest of the nation. Economic and social barriers against Negroes have been dropping int he wake of court rulings and organized campaigns, September 12, 1955
Racial prejudice is acquired, not inherited, sociologists point out. These children at a nonsegregated housing project in Washington, D.C., are growing up in an atmosphere of racial harmony, reflecting the attitudes in their parents' homes. There is no reason to believe that integration will contribute to intermarriages, the social scientists say, because experience has shown that 90% of all marriages are between people who have similar racial, social and religious backgrounds. This is one example of racial integration of a number in the nation's capital. President Eisenhower hopes Washington will became a model for the rest of the nation. Economic and social barriers against Negroes have been dropping int he wake of court rulings and organized campaigns, September 12, 1955
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1955
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The task of cleaning up the Lincoln Memorial area began immediately after the crowd of more than 200,000 persons disperse after attending the civil rights march in Washington, August 28, 1963
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1963