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Collection Name African American Odyssey Contributing Institution Library of Congress

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1. The weary picket, 1977

Creator:: Brandon, Brumsic
Date of Original:: 1977
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

2. Signing of the Civil Rights Act, April 11, 1968

Creator:: Leffler, Warren K.
Date of Original:: 1968-04-11
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

3. Signing the Voting Rights Act, August 6, 1965

Date of Original:: 1965-08-16
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

4. March on Washington, August 28, 1963

Date of Original:: 1963-08-23
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

5. We shall overcome

Creator:: Horton, Zilphia
Date of Original:: 1963
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

6. Background map: 1961 Freedom Rides

Creator:: Moody, Sidney C.
Date of Original:: 1962-02-05
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

7. Wilma Rudolph at the finish line during 50-yard dash at track meet in Madison Square Garden, 1961.

Date of Original:: 1961
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

8. Dark Laughter. "My Daddy said they didn't seem to mind servin' him on the Anzio beach head..."

Creator:: Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-
Date of Original:: 1960-05-02
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

9. We insist! Max Roach's Freedom now suite

Creator:: Roach, Max, 1924-2007
Date of Original:: 1960
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

10. [Wilt Chamberlain, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, 1959]

Creator:: Palumbo, Fred
Date of Original:: 1959
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

11. [Althea Gibson, of New York, reaching high for shot during women's singles semifinal match against Christine Truman, of England, in the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, July 4, 1957].

Date of Original:: 1957-07-04
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

12. Press release for Executive Order No. 9981, establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces

Date of Original:: 1948-07-26
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress