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  5. IMAGO International History, 250 years USA, Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968

IMAGO International History, 250 years USA, Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968

Jul 6, 2023

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  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED A photograph of Rosa Parks during her arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. A photograph of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913-2005), an American Civil Rights activist. This booking photo was taken at the time of her arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white passenger on 1 December 1955, an act which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event in the American Civil Rights Movement, challenging racial segregation laws. 1 December 1955. Editorial use only. All other uses to be cleared with the copyright owner (World History Archive), in advance., WHA_011_0247.jpg, Rosa Parks; American Civil Rights Movement; Montgomery Bus Boycott; R Copyright: xx

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED A photograph of Rosa Parks during her arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. A photograph of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913-2005), an American Civil Rights activist. This booking photo was taken at the time of her arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white passenger on 1 December 1955, an act which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event in the American Civil Rights Movement, challenging racial segregation laws. 1 December 1955. Editorial use only. All other uses to be cleared with the copyright owner (World History Archive), in advance., WHA_011_0247.jpg, Rosa Parks; American Civil Rights Movement; Montgomery Bus Boycott; R Copyright: xx

  • ROSA PARKS (1913-2005). American civil rights advocate. Sitting at the front of a public bus (formerly whites only ) in Montgomery, Alabama, on the day buses were integrated in the city. Seated behind her is reporter Nicholas C. Criss. Photograph, 21 December 1956. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0107383

    ROSA PARKS (1913-2005). American civil rights advocate. Sitting at the front of a public bus (formerly whites only ) in Montgomery, Alabama, on the day buses were integrated in the city. Seated behind her is reporter Nicholas C. Criss. Photograph, 21 December 1956. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0107383

  • SECRET POLITICS 60 On April 4, 1968, civil rights activist Martin Luther King is shot to death on the balcony of a Memphis hotel A week after the assassination, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act that King fought so hard for In th Copyright: xPressensxBildx SEK60KING2

    SECRET POLITICS 60 On April 4, 1968, civil rights activist Martin Luther King is shot to death on the balcony of a Memphis hotel A week after the assassination, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act that King fought so hard for In th Copyright: xPressensxBildx SEK60KING2

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Bomb-damaged trailers at the Gaston Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr., and leaders in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were staying during Birmingham campaign of Civil Rights Movement, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Marion S. Trikosko, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, May 14, 1963 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa11420

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Bomb-damaged trailers at the Gaston Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr., and leaders in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were staying during Birmingham campaign of Civil Rights Movement, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Marion S. Trikosko, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, May 14, 1963 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa11420

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Man protesting for John Kasper, an American far-right activist and Ku Klux Klan member who took a militant stand against racial integration during the civil rights movement, Washington, D.C., USA, Thomas J. O Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection , October 1957 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa11228

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Man protesting for John Kasper, an American far-right activist and Ku Klux Klan member who took a militant stand against racial integration during the civil rights movement, Washington, D.C., USA, Thomas J. O Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection , October 1957 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa11228

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Crowd during protest against killing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Central Park, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, April 5, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa11180

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Crowd during protest against killing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Central Park, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, April 5, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa11180

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Crowd during protest against killing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Central Park, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, April 5, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa11179

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Crowd during protest against killing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Central Park, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, April 5, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa11179

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Julian Bond (1940-2015), American Social Activist, leader of U.S. Civil Rights Movement, Educator and Politician, head and shoulders Portrait as member of Georgia House of Representatives, Warren K. Leffler, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, 1966 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa10291

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Julian Bond (1940-2015), American Social Activist, leader of U.S. Civil Rights Movement, Educator and Politician, head and shoulders Portrait as member of Georgia House of Representatives, Warren K. Leffler, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, 1966 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa10291

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Martin Luther King speaking at Press Conference at U.S. Capitol about Senate Debate on Civil Rights Act of 1964, Washington, DC USA, Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, March 26, 1964 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa10132

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Martin Luther King speaking at Press Conference at U.S. Capitol about Senate Debate on Civil Rights Act of 1964, Washington, DC USA, Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, March 26, 1964 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa10132

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Funeral of Martin Luther King in Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968. The mule-drawn casket was followed by thousands who mourned the violent death of the most prominent leader of the 1950-1960s civil rights movement (BSLOC_2021_3_11) Ref:HISL050 EC970 PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xx HISL050 EC970

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Funeral of Martin Luther King in Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968. The mule-drawn casket was followed by thousands who mourned the violent death of the most prominent leader of the 1950-1960s civil rights movement (BSLOC_2021_3_11) Ref:HISL050 EC970 PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xx HISL050 EC970

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Rev. Martin Luther King stands on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, April 3, 1968. The following day, when standing near the same spot, King was shot and killed by assassin James Earl Ray. Right to left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, Dr. King, and Rev. Ralph Abernathy (BSLOC_2021_3_10) Ref:HISL050 EC969 PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xx HISL050 EC969

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Rev. Martin Luther King stands on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, April 3, 1968. The following day, when standing near the same spot, King was shot and killed by assassin James Earl Ray. Right to left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, Dr. King, and Rev. Ralph Abernathy (BSLOC_2021_3_10) Ref:HISL050 EC969 PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xx HISL050 EC969

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signing Civil Rights Bill while surrounded by Members of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, April 11, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa09196

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signing Civil Rights Bill while surrounded by Members of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, April 11, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa09196

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Street Scene in area of 14th-7th Sts., N.W., after riots following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr s, Assassination, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, April 8, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa08799

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Street Scene in area of 14th-7th Sts., N.W., after riots following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr s, Assassination, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, April 8, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa08799

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 firefighters spraying water on shops that were burned during Riots that followed the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, April 8, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa08796

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 firefighters spraying water on shops that were burned during Riots that followed the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, April 8, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa08796

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 U.S. Soldier standing Guard near Ruins of Buildings destroyed by Riots following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr s, Assassination, 7th and N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, April 8, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa08790

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 U.S. Soldier standing Guard near Ruins of Buildings destroyed by Riots following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr s, Assassination, 7th and N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, April 8, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa08790

  • Sadness and Protest about Martin Luther King 1968 DEU, Germany, Bonn Students and professors of Bonn University reacted with sadness and protest to the assassination of Martin Luther King in the USA on April 5, 1968 in Bonn DEU, Germany, Bonn Students and professors of Bonn University reacted with sadness and protest to the assassination

    Sadness and Protest about Martin Luther King 1968 DEU, Germany, Bonn Students and professors of Bonn University reacted with sadness and protest to the assassination of Martin Luther King in the USA on April 5, 1968 in Bonn DEU, Germany, Bonn Students and professors of Bonn University reacted with sadness and protest to the assassination

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 April 4, 1968 - Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. - Armed guards and pedestrians stand on the balcony outside of room 306 at the Lorraine Motel where Rev. MLK Jr. was shot dead. Memphis U.S. - ZUMAk09_ 19680404_jes_k09_812 Copyright: xKEYSTONExPicturesx

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 April 4, 1968 - Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. - Armed guards and pedestrians stand on the balcony outside of room 306 at the Lorraine Motel where Rev. MLK Jr. was shot dead. Memphis U.S. - ZUMAk09_ 19680404_jes_k09_812 Copyright: xKEYSTONExPicturesx

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Aug. 25, 1964 - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - Reverend MARTIN LUTHER KING JR at the National Democratic Convention. Atlantic City USA - ZUMAk09_ 19640825_jes_k09_811 Copyright: xKEYSTONExPicturesx

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Aug. 25, 1964 - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - Reverend MARTIN LUTHER KING JR at the National Democratic Convention. Atlantic City USA - ZUMAk09_ 19640825_jes_k09_811 Copyright: xKEYSTONExPicturesx

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Archivbilder der Woche KW27 Aug. 28, 1963 - Washington DC, USA - Reverend MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. King shaking hands during The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Washington D.C. U.S. - ZUMAk09_ 19630828_jes_k09_810 Copyright: xKEYSTONExPicturesx

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Archivbilder der Woche KW27 Aug. 28, 1963 - Washington DC, USA - Reverend MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. King shaking hands during The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Washington D.C. U.S. - ZUMAk09_ 19630828_jes_k09_810 Copyright: xKEYSTONExPicturesx

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 May 17, 1957 - Washington D.C., U.S. - Reverend MARTIN LUTHER KING JR a famous leader of the civil rights movement stands in front of a billowing American flag while preaching during the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom demonstration in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall. Washington D.C. U.S. - ZUMAk09_ 19570517_jes_k09_809 Copyright: xKEYSTONExPicturesx

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 May 17, 1957 - Washington D.C., U.S. - Reverend MARTIN LUTHER KING JR a famous leader of the civil rights movement stands in front of a billowing American flag while preaching during the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom demonstration in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall. Washington D.C. U.S. - ZUMAk09_ 19570517_jes_k09_809 Copyright: xKEYSTONExPicturesx

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 EV1893 - Mrs. Rosa Parks walking up the courthouse steps in Montgomery Alabama, 1956 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx ZSDROPA EC001

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 EV1893 - Mrs. Rosa Parks walking up the courthouse steps in Montgomery Alabama, 1956 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx ZSDROPA EC001

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Rosa Parks, on the bus, 1955 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx PBDROPA EC001

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Rosa Parks, on the bus, 1955 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx PBDROPA EC001

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Rev. Martin Luther King, speaking at a rally in Crawfordville, Georgia. Months after the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, he spoke on the continued need for struggle for full civil rights in Georgia. Oct. 11, 1965. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL033 EC461

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Rev. Martin Luther King, speaking at a rally in Crawfordville, Georgia. Months after the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, he spoke on the continued need for struggle for full civil rights in Georgia. Oct. 11, 1965. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL033 EC461

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 President Lyndon Johnson meeting with Civil Rights activists on the day he signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Seated on couch is future Georgia Representative, John Lewis (third from left, next to James Farmer) a protest leader in the Selma, Alabama votin Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL033 EC433

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 President Lyndon Johnson meeting with Civil Rights activists on the day he signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Seated on couch is future Georgia Representative, John Lewis (third from left, next to James Farmer) a protest leader in the Selma, Alabama votin Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL033 EC433

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Sid Kelly of Jackson, Mississippi, nails up Closed-In despair-Civil Rights Bill unconstitutional sign at Robert E. Lee Hotel, in response to passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He closed his business rather than allow African Americans to stay in h Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL019 EC149

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Sid Kelly of Jackson, Mississippi, nails up Closed-In despair-Civil Rights Bill unconstitutional sign at Robert E. Lee Hotel, in response to passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He closed his business rather than allow African Americans to stay in h Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL019 EC149

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Eleanor Roosevelt, with two African American civil rights activists, Autherine Lucy, first black student to attend the University of Alabama, and Rosa Parks (left). They were attending a civil rights rally at Madison Square Garden, New York City in 1956. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL013 EC099

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Eleanor Roosevelt, with two African American civil rights activists, Autherine Lucy, first black student to attend the University of Alabama, and Rosa Parks (left). They were attending a civil rights rally at Madison Square Garden, New York City in 1956. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL013 EC099

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Malcolm X (1925-1965), on stretcher carried by New York policemen following his assassination at rally in a Harlem. February 21, 1965. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL011 EC202

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Malcolm X (1925-1965), on stretcher carried by New York policemen following his assassination at rally in a Harlem. February 21, 1965. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL011 EC202

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Federal Judge J. Waties Waring (1880-1968), was an early Southern ally of the Civil Rights movement. His words, Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, were adopted in the Brown vs. Board of Education decision that outlawed school segreg Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL010 EC249

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Federal Judge J. Waties Waring (1880-1968), was an early Southern ally of the Civil Rights movement. His words, Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, were adopted in the Brown vs. Board of Education decision that outlawed school segreg Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL010 EC249

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP when she defied segregation laws by refusing to surrender her Montgomery Alabama bus seat to a White person in 1955. 1964 portrait. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL009 EC051

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP when she defied segregation laws by refusing to surrender her Montgomery Alabama bus seat to a White person in 1955. 1964 portrait. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL009 EC051

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 1963 March on Washington, at the height of the 20th century civil rights movement. Crowds of people on The Mall, dwarfed previous African American Washington demonstrations. August 28, 1963. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL009 EC047

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 1963 March on Washington, at the height of the 20th century civil rights movement. Crowds of people on The Mall, dwarfed previous African American Washington demonstrations. August 28, 1963. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL009 EC047

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 The 1957 civil rights demonstration, Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, at the Lincoln Memorial, drew 27,000 people to mark the third anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling and to protest the slow progress in School desegregation. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL009 EC046

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 The 1957 civil rights demonstration, Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, at the Lincoln Memorial, drew 27,000 people to mark the third anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling and to protest the slow progress in School desegregation. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL009 EC046

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 The body of Malcolm X, slain Negro nationalist leader, lies in casket at the Unity Funeral Home. He was assassinated while giving a speech in New York s Harlem on February 21, 1965. Three members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of the murder, althou Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL009 EC039

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 The body of Malcolm X, slain Negro nationalist leader, lies in casket at the Unity Funeral Home. He was assassinated while giving a speech in New York s Harlem on February 21, 1965. Three members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of the murder, althou Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL009 EC039

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 African American men and women wait in line for voter registration, at the Antioch Baptist Church in 1948 (location unknown). After World War II, the NAACP organized voting drives as part of their Double Victory strategy for racial equality. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL008 EC296

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 African American men and women wait in line for voter registration, at the Antioch Baptist Church in 1948 (location unknown). After World War II, the NAACP organized voting drives as part of their Double Victory strategy for racial equality. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL008 EC296

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Two Men Protesting John Kasper, an American far-right activist and Ku Klux Klan member who took a militant stand against racial integration during the civil rights movement, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Thomas J. O Halloran, October 1957 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa07544

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Two Men Protesting John Kasper, an American far-right activist and Ku Klux Klan member who took a militant stand against racial integration during the civil rights movement, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Thomas J. O Halloran, October 1957 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa07544

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Rosa Parks Speaking at Rally Near Washington Monument Held as Part of Poor People s Campaign, Washington DC, USA, Warren K. Leffler, June 19, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa06243

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Rosa Parks Speaking at Rally Near Washington Monument Held as Part of Poor People s Campaign, Washington DC, USA, Warren K. Leffler, June 19, 1968 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa06243

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama, Governor George Wallace stands defiantly at the door while being confronted by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, June 11, 1963 File Reference 1003_768THA Hollywood CA USA Copyright: xCinemaxLegacyxCollection ThexHollywoodxArchivex 1003_768THA

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama, Governor George Wallace stands defiantly at the door while being confronted by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, June 11, 1963 File Reference 1003_768THA Hollywood CA USA Copyright: xCinemaxLegacyxCollection ThexHollywoodxArchivex 1003_768THA

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Police officers O.M. Strickland and J.V. Johnson arresting the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. for loitering near a courtroom where one of his integration lieutenants was on the stand. September 4, 1958 File Reference 1003_757THA Hollywood CA USA Copyright: xCinemaxLegacyxCollection ThexHollywoodxArchivex 1003_757THA

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Police officers O.M. Strickland and J.V. Johnson arresting the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. for loitering near a courtroom where one of his integration lieutenants was on the stand. September 4, 1958 File Reference 1003_757THA Hollywood CA USA Copyright: xCinemaxLegacyxCollection ThexHollywoodxArchivex 1003_757THA

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Martin Luther King Jr., Dick Gregory and James Meredith walk on a rural road during the March Against Fear. The March Against Fear was a major 1966 demonstration in the Civil Rights Movement in the South. June 1966, Mississippi, USA. File Reference 1003_754THA Hollywood CA USA Copyright: xCinemaxLegacyxCollection ThexHollywoodxArchivex 1003_754THA

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Martin Luther King Jr., Dick Gregory and James Meredith walk on a rural road during the March Against Fear. The March Against Fear was a major 1966 demonstration in the Civil Rights Movement in the South. June 1966, Mississippi, USA. File Reference 1003_754THA Hollywood CA USA Copyright: xCinemaxLegacyxCollection ThexHollywoodxArchivex 1003_754THA

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 RACIAL SEGREGATION ARRESTS FOR BOMBING OF CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ; 30 SEPTEMBER 1963, Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchivesIPU464128

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 RACIAL SEGREGATION ARRESTS FOR BOMBING OF CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ; 30 SEPTEMBER 1963, Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchivesIPU464128

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 FUNERALS BLACK GIRL KILLED IN CHURCH MR AND MRS ROBERTSON WEEP IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ; 18 SEPTEMBER 1963, Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchivesIPU463522

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 FUNERALS BLACK GIRL KILLED IN CHURCH MR AND MRS ROBERTSON WEEP IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ; 18 SEPTEMBER 1963, Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchivesIPU463522

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 23 MAY 1964 Warrant out for Malcolm X s arrest. Malcolm X, the Militant Black Nationalist Movement Leader, carries his daughter Ilyasah as he is pictured on his arrival at the John F. Kennedy airport here, 21st May, following a tour of the Middle East. Malcolm X returned to find a warrant for his arrest has been issued the day previous to his arrival. The warrant was issued when he failed to turn up at the traffic court to answer a speeding charge. New York, USA, New York City New York United States Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU477420

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 23 MAY 1964 Warrant out for Malcolm X s arrest. Malcolm X, the Militant Black Nationalist Movement Leader, carries his daughter Ilyasah as he is pictured on his arrival at the John F. Kennedy airport here, 21st May, following a tour of the Middle East. Malcolm X returned to find a warrant for his arrest has been issued the day previous to his arrival. The warrant was issued when he failed to turn up at the traffic court to answer a speeding charge. New York, USA, New York City New York United States Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU477420

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 RACIAL SEGREGATION PEOPLE BOMBED IN CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ; 16 SEPTEMBER 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU463407

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 RACIAL SEGREGATION PEOPLE BOMBED IN CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ; 16 SEPTEMBER 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU463407

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 16 SEPTEMBER 1963 DAMAGE CAUSED AFTER A DYNAMITE EXPLOSION OUTSIDE THE 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH WHICH KILLED FOUR GIRLS IN A RACIAL ATTACK IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, USA., Birmingham Alabama United States Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU463404

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 16 SEPTEMBER 1963 DAMAGE CAUSED AFTER A DYNAMITE EXPLOSION OUTSIDE THE 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH WHICH KILLED FOUR GIRLS IN A RACIAL ATTACK IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, USA., Birmingham Alabama United States Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU463404

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 RACIAL SEGREGATION NEGRO BAPTIST CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ; 12 MAY 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU456416

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 RACIAL SEGREGATION NEGRO BAPTIST CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ; 12 MAY 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU456416

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Bring back the Klu Klux Klan . Greensboro , North Carolina : White youths are pictures carrying signs here yesterday when they integrated the march of thousands of negro demonstrators . The slogans called for the return of the KKK - the Klu Klux Klan . 23 May 1963, United States Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1339159

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 Bring back the Klu Klux Klan . Greensboro , North Carolina : White youths are pictures carrying signs here yesterday when they integrated the march of thousands of negro demonstrators . The slogans called for the return of the KKK - the Klu Klux Klan . 23 May 1963, United States Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1339159

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 August 28 1963 A large group of activists at the March on Washington during the civil rights movement Copyright: StocktrekxImages STK501193A

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 August 28 1963 A large group of activists at the March on Washington during the civil rights movement Copyright: StocktrekxImages STK501193A

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 August 28 1963 Woman with a camera and crowd at the March on Washington during the civil rights movement Copyright: StocktrekxImages STK501192A

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 August 28 1963 Woman with a camera and crowd at the March on Washington during the civil rights movement Copyright: StocktrekxImages STK501192A

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 August 28 1963 Aerial view of crowd and stage at the March on Washington during the civil rights movement Copyright: StocktrekxImages STK501190A

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 August 28 1963 Aerial view of crowd and stage at the March on Washington during the civil rights movement Copyright: StocktrekxImages STK501190A

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 August 28 1963 Marchers carrying District 65 sign at the March on Washington during the civil rights movement Copyright: StocktrekxImages STK501189A

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 August 28 1963 Marchers carrying District 65 sign at the March on Washington during the civil rights movement Copyright: StocktrekxImages STK501189A

  • IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 August 28 1963 Protestors seen from the side at the March on Washington during the civil rights movement Copyright: StocktrekxImages STK501188A

    IMAGO History, U.S. Bürgerrechtsbewegung: 1954-1968 August 28 1963 Protestors seen from the side at the March on Washington during the civil rights movement Copyright: StocktrekxImages STK501188A

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