Photo shows view of African-American rioters racing through Harlem streets carrying pictures of Lt. Gilligan, who shot 15 year old James Powell. This shooting set off days of rioting through Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York. Photo dates to 1964. Learn More
Photograph shows a young African American boy watching a group of people, some carrying American flags, march past to protest the admission of the "Little Rock Nine" to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas(AR). Photo dates to 1959. Learn More
Photo shows an African American boy walking through a crowd of white boys during a period of violence related to school integration. Taken in Clinton, Tennessee on December 4, 1956. Learn More
Photo shows four African American students of Alabama State College in Montgomery, AL speaking to a white reporter. Photograph dates to 1960. Learn More
This old photo shows a group of African Americans viewing the bomb-damaged home of Arthur Shores, NAACP attorney, Birmingham, Alabama. Photo dates to 1963. Learn More
Photograph showing Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy speaking to a crowd of African Americans and whites through a megaphone outside the Justice Department; sign for Congress of Racial Equality is prominently displayed. This historic black and white photo dates to June 14, 1963. Learn More
Photograph shows a crowd of African Americans behind a storm fence with police carrying a woman on the other side. This historic black and white photo dates to August 28, 1963. Learn More
Photo of James Meredith, one of the first African Americans to attend Mississippi University , walking to class accompanied by U.S. Marshals. This historic black and white photo dates to October 1, 1962. Learn More
Photo of Vivian Malone, one of the first African Americans to attend the university of Alabama, walking through a crowd that includes photographers, National Guard members, and Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. This historic black and white photo dates to June 11, 1963. Learn More
Photograph of an African American woman being carried to police patrol wagon during a Civil Rights demonstration in Brooklyn, New York. Photo dates to August 20, 1963. Learn More
