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Subject Congress of Racial Equality Contributing Institution Library of Congress

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1. Civil rights demonstrators from the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chained to a federal courthouse in New York City in protest of civil rights abuses in Jackson, Mississippi

Date of Original:: 1965
Collection:: Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

2. Congress of Racial Equality conducts march in memory of Negro youngsters killed in Birmingham bombings, All Souls Church, 16th Street, Washington, D.C.

Creator:: O'Halloran, Thomas J.
Date of Original:: 1963-09-22
Collection:: Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

3. Negro demonstration in Washington, D.C. Justice Dept. Bobby Kennedy speaking to crowd

Creator:: Leffler, Warren K.
Date of Original:: 1963-06-14
Collection:: Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

4. Background map: 1961 Freedom Rides

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

5. Protest by ministers

Date of Original:: 1960-04-04
Collection:: Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress