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Clear All State Virginia Type Still Image Rights In Copyright

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Collection
Civil Rights movement in Virginia : An exhibition on display February 7 - June 19, 2004

Description:: Online exhibit the African American Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth century in Virginia with a focus on the 1950s and 1960s.
Date of Original:: 2004
Contributing Institution:: Virginia Historical Society

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Collection
Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) public schools

Description:: Photographs of African American schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia from the 1950s and 1960s.
Date of Original:: 1959/2003
Contributing Institution:: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives

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Collection
Behind the veil

Description:: History of African American life during the age of Jim Crow, roughly the period from the 1890s to the 1950s.
Date of Original:: 1890/1959
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library