Mar 4 2012
12:29 am
Thomas J. O’Halloran, School integration, Barnard School. Washington, DC, USA, 1955. Source: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Thomas J. O’Halloran, School integration, Barnard School. Washington, DC, USA, 1955.

Source: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Posted 2 months ago
#1950s #washington #washington dc #USA #children #african-american #integration #segregation #brown vs. board of education #thomas j. o'halloran #vintage #school #history
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Feb 1 2012
10:50 pm
African-American integrationists attending a meeting. Photograph by Howard Sochurek. Petersburg, Virginia, USA, 1960.

African-American integrationists attending a meeting. Photograph by Howard Sochurek. Petersburg, Virginia, USA, 1960.

Posted 3 months ago
#1960s #petersburg #virginia #USA #howard sochurek #civil rights movement #african-american #civil rights #segregation #integration #history
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Jan 13 2012
8:31 pm
A group of African-Americans viewing the bomb-damaged home of Arthur Shores, NAACP attorney. Birmingham, Alabama, USA, September 1963. Source: United States Library of Congress

A group of African-Americans viewing the bomb-damaged home of Arthur Shores, NAACP attorney. Birmingham, Alabama, USA, September 1963.

Source: United States Library of Congress

Posted 4 months ago
#1960s #NAACAP #USA #african-american #alabama #american south #arthur shores #birmingham #civil rights movement #hatred #history #horrific #integration #race relations #racial hatred #racism #segregation #library of congress
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Jan 1 2012
4:46 pm
Francis Miller, A couple who moved into an all-white neighborhood in Chicago looking at graffiti in front of their home, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1957.

Francis Miller, A couple who moved into an all-white neighborhood in Chicago looking at graffiti in front of their home, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1957.

Posted 4 months ago
#1950s #USA #african-american #chicago #civil rights movement #couple #francis miller #fucked up #history #illinois #injustice #integration #powerful #racism #segregation #vintage
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Nov 19 2011
2:11 am
Students Jessalyn Gray and Steve Poster walking hand-in-hand while being closely followed by a crowd of white supremacists as they attempt to enter Texarkana College. Photograph by Joseph Scherschel. Texarkana, Texas, September 1956.

Students Jessalyn Gray and Steve Poster walking hand-in-hand while being closely followed by a crowd of white supremacists as they attempt to enter Texarkana College. Photograph by Joseph Scherschel. Texarkana, Texas, September 1956.

Posted 6 months ago
#1950s #texas #joseph scherschel #integration #texarkana college #african-american #segregation #education #racism
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Oct 18 2011
8:21 am
Robert W. Kelley, A lone African-American student waits for class to start at a newly integrated high school, Clinton, Tennessee, USA, 1956.

Robert W. Kelley, A lone African-American student waits for class to start at a newly integrated high school, Clinton, Tennessee, USA, 1956.

Posted 7 months ago
#1950s #USA #african-american #high school #history #integration #robert kelley #tennessee #vintage #racism #lonely #african-american history #black history #civil rights movement #brown vs. board of education #teenagers #education #vintage
1,205 notes

Oct 8 2011
11:49 pm
Two little girls standing outside their school. Photograph by James Burke. Louisville, Kentucky, September 1956.

Two little girls standing outside their school. Photograph by James Burke. Louisville, Kentucky, September 1956.

Posted 7 months ago
#1950s #african-american #children #cute #elementary school #integration #kentucky #louisville #best friends
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Oct 8 2011
10:43 pm
African Americans students sitting together during the school integration crisis. Photograph by Grey Villet. Front Royal, Virginia, September 1958.

African Americans students sitting together during the school integration crisis. Photograph by Grey Villet. Front Royal, Virginia, September 1958.

Posted 7 months ago
#1950s #virginia #segregation #integration #brown vs. board of education #african-american #high school #students #teenagers
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Oct 8 2011
1:56 pm
People in the integrated English Grill Restaurant in Salisbury. Photograph by Leonard McCombe. Salisbury, Maryland, July 1963.

People in the integrated English Grill Restaurant in Salisbury. Photograph by Leonard McCombe. Salisbury, Maryland, July 1963.

Posted 7 months ago
#1960s #maryland #african-american #restaurant #integration
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