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An article detailing Governor Brown sending militia troops to Cumming to quell the race riots happening

Klan members gather in Washington, D.C. for a parade

Photo taken 10/2/1912. Although not identified by the newspaper they are believed to be: (Left to Right) Trussie (Jane) Daniel, Oscar Daniel, Tony Howell (defendant in Ellen Gracie rape), Ed Collins (witness), Isaiah Pirkle (witness for Howell), and…

This book is one of the sources African Americans had available to explicitly tell them what towns/counties they could or couldn't stay in over night.

This newspaper article is one written at the time the rice riots were happening in Forsyth county and detail its expulsion of African Americans in the county

This is a photograph of a young woman at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963.

A band playing in the street

A sign in Detroit, Michigan created by white community member in an attempt to prevent African Americans from moving into the community.

A sign indicating that it is illegal for any other race besides whites to be in city limits after dark.