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Bayard Rustin and Cleveland Robinson
Bayard Rustin and Cleveland Robinson
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Who is in this image?
Petition to Abraham Lincoln
Petition to Abraham Lincoln
Protest Against Ill-treatment of the Chinese
Protest Against Ill-treatment of the Chinese
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Is there a date on this source?
Securing Signatures
Securing Signatures
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What do you notice first?
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer
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What is happening in the photograph?
"Jim Crow" Cars
"Jim Crow" Cars
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When was this source created?
Segregation
Freedom of Petition
Newspaper clipping headlined "'Jim Crow' Cars" reporting the Supreme Court's May 18 ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, upholding Louisiana's law requiring separate railroad coaches for Black and white passengers as constitutional.
1896
"Jim Crow" Cars
A man in glasses, a white shirt, and tie gestures while speaking, standing near a sign reading "National He..." and "MAR..." in a black-and-white photograph.
1963
Bayard Rustin and Cleveland Robinson
Black-and-white photograph of a woman with short curly hair wearing a patterned blouse, speaking while seated indoors.
1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
Segregation
Three Victorian-era women gather around a table, one seated and writing on a document while the others look on, in a vintage illustration with ornate hairstyles and period dress.
1894
Securing Signatures
A fountain pen rests on a page of printed text, beneath a teal banner labeled "Document," all set against a scalloped-edge badge shape.
1885
Protest Against Ill-treatment of the Chinese
A fragment of a petition addressed to Lincoln, President of the United States, referencing colored regiments and the Union cause, with handwritten signatures including Leavitt and Perkins below the typed text.
1862
Petition to Abraham Lincoln
Freedom of Petition
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