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1. Brown v. Board : five communities that changed America

Date of Original:: 2003/2018
Collection:: Teaching with Historic Places
Contributing Institution:: United States. National Park Service

2. Civil rights -- compliance

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1964/1966
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

3. McLaurin, John C. - Testimony before State Commerce Committee

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1963-07-31
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

4. Report to President John F. Kennedy regarding civil rights

Creator:: Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Date of Original:: 1962
Collection:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection
Contributing Institution:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

5. Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a newspaper advertisement paid for by Emergency Civil Liberties Committee endorsing the freedom of speech, Washington, D.C., 1961 October 2

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-10-02
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

6. Memorandum of telephone call

Creator:: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Date of Original:: 1957-09-24
Collection:: Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century Information: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Contributing Institution:: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

7. Emancipation Proclamation

Creator:: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Date of Original:: 1863-01-01
Collection:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection
Contributing Institution:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History