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  • Decade = 1960-1969
  • Subjects = African Americans--Education
  • Subjects = African Americans--Civil rights
A drawing of a Civil War battle, with a quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower.
James P. Brawley Collection
Letter asking members to take action in education and the community to prevent school drop-outs. 2 pages.
"First Days in a New School" article on Mary McLeod Bethune and the opening of The Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Violence Still Evident, Mrs. L. C. Bates Says" article on the president of the Arkansas Chapter of the NAACP speaks on violence still evident at Central High School integration. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Philadelphia Cotillion Society article on presenting Mrs. Daisy Bates with the Diamond Cross of Malta. 2 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"JFK to Inquire Into Freeway Near DC Bethune Statue" article on President Kennedy speaking on building a freeway near the memorial of Mary McLeod Bethune. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"First of Race To Be So Honored....Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy to Launch Drive for Monument Honoring Late Negro Woman Educator" article on Mrs. Kennedy honoring Dr. Bethune. 1 page.
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial announcement of the memorial being built in Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Daughter of Slaves, Founder of College" article on the life of Mary McLeod Bethune. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Eleanor Roosevelt Plaudits for Mrs. Bethune" editorial from Eleanor Roosevelt on Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Joseph E. Lowery shown studying with other men in a stadium.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Alabama State Troopers are shown blocking the entrance to Murphy High School to turn away Dorothy Bridget Davis and Henry Hobdy as part of George Wallace's executive order. Caption on photo reads: (MOB2) MOBILE, ALA., Sept. 9 - TROOPERS TURN BACK STUDENTS - With Alabama State Troopers blocking the main entrance to Murphy High School, Negro students, arms loaded with school books, Dorothy Bridget Davis, 16, and Henry Hobdy, 17, turn away from school. Hobdy is reading his copy of an executive order from Governor Wallace stopping the pair from attending classes. Murphy high is Alabama's largest high school with 3,300 students.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
City police are shown exiting a school bus to take up positions at West End School on the first day of integration at the school. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 4 -- POLICE GET READY -- City police pile out of school bus to take up positions at West End School which is scheduled to be integrated in Birmingham, Ala. today.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Citizenship Education Program students are shown sitting around a table. Caption included in folder: Citizenship School Students-Albany, Georgia
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A woman and man are shown standing at a chalkboard during a Citizenship Education Program class.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Students in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Citizenship Education Program are shown sitting in a classroom.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Citizenship Education Program students are discussing registration in a class. Written on verso: Discussing Registration in a Citizenship Education Program
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dorothy Cotton speaks to students during a Citizenship Education Program class.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Citizenship Education Program students are shown outside playing volleyball.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Attendees of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) Project orientation in Atlanta, Georgia are shown holding each others hands. Written on verso: SCLC SCOPE project orientation, Atlanta, Ga. 1965
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series