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    1. Freedom! Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement by Diana Davies

      • Date: January 18, 2010
      • Description: In honor of Martin Luther King Day 2010, we selected images from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage's Diana Davies Photograph Collection. Davies began her career as a musician and became a photojournalist in the 1960s. During that time she documented Newport Folk Festivals, anti-poverty and Civil Rights movements, and farm workers' struggles. Her images,

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    3. Black and white photo of a young Margaret Collins sitting at a lab bench with a microscope in front of her.

      Margaret Collins: Scholar, Civil Rights Activist, and Mentor

      • Date: March 27, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: During this Women’s History Month, the Smithsonian Transcription Center has been highlighting projects from women around the Smithsonian. Among these women is Margaret Collins, a pioneering scientist and civil rights activist. While her fieldwork has been written about previously, that is clearly just one part of a full and distinguished career.Collins’ interest in science

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    5. SI History Chronology

      Civil Rights Exhibit at AM Opens

      • Date: January, 1992

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    7. SI History Chronology

      Civil Rights Photography Exhibit, NMHT Opens

      • Date: February 2, 1980

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    9. Smithsonian Legal Document

      An Act To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve Federal civil rights laws, to provide for damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination, to clarify provisions regarding disparate impact actions, and for other purposes

      • Date: 1992 11/21/1991 Civil War, 1861-1865
      • Creator: 102d Congress, Sess. 1, 1991
      • Creator: 102d Congress, Sess. 1, 1991

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    11. Two African American women on Oprah's stage with

      Link Love: 6/8/2018

      • Date: June 8, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: “Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture," a new exhibit highlighting celebrity activist, Oprah Winfrey, opened at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. [via WAPO]Archivists with The Obsidian Collection are digitizing and publishing newspapers that document the Great Migration, Civil Rights, and Jim Crow eras. [via Info

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    13. A yellow-tinted catalog page showing two women in front of painted backgrounds, one of a nature scene, one of a shipdeck with a ship on water in the background.

      Link Love: 7/20/2018

      • Date: July 20, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Old school filters. [via Smithsonian Libraries]Progress is being made to find the burned remnants of the last slave ship to reach U.S. soil. [via National Geographic]Meet the Library of Congress reference librarian who helps people research their African American genealogy. [via LOC]You can help transcribe the papers of Civil Rights figure, Julian Bond, with the University of

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        Rosa Parks' Archive and Some Controversies Around It...

        • Date: August 8, 2011
        • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
        • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      • Secretary Clough visiting field site at Machu Picchu, Peru, 2011

        Link Love: 5/4/2012

        • Date: May 4, 2012
        • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
        • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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      • Link Love: 8/30/2013

        • Date: August 30, 2013
        • Creator: Mitch Toda
        • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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      • Link Love: 8/23/2019

        • Date: August 23, 2019
        • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
        • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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