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Two African-American girls look out the window of a "Freedom School." The girl at left wears a hat and smiles. The girl at right has a name tag that reads [Illegible] Hall Pascag-," possibly Pascagoula, Mississippi. The "Freedom Schools" were set up…

Policeman with rifle in riot vehicle in Jackson, MS.

Filmed interview with Casey Hayden conducted by Blackside, Inc. on May 15, 1985, for Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965). Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.

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Filmed interview with Hodding Carter III, conducted by Blackside, Inc. on Oct. 30, 1985, for Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965). Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.

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Filmed interview with Dave Dennis, conducted by Blackside, Inc. on Nov. 10, 1985, for Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965). Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.

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FBI missing poster showing the images of Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Henry Schwerner. Text on the poster is as follows: "The FBI is seeking information concerning the disappearance at Philadelphia, Mississippi, of these three…

Filmed interview with William Simmons, conducted by Blackside, Inc. on Nov. 8, 1985, for Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965). Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.

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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegates holding hands in a circle (praying) at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City.

Lyndon B. Johnson greets Martin Luther King, Jr. in the U.S. Capitol, after signing the Voting Rights Act, August 6, 1965. Group also includes Patricia Harris, Ralph Abernathy, and Clarence M. Mitchell.

Fannie Lou Hamer testifies at Democratic National Convention Credentials Committee, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1964.