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The Civil Rights Act of 1964: How Far Have We Come?

Protester Gives Black Power Salute in Memphis

A man gives the "Black Power" salute as he is escorted onto a charter bus in Memphis.

This image comes from a series of NAACP images of a march that was held in November of 1969. All of the members of the march were arrested.

Digital Image © 2011, University of Memphis Libraries Preservation and Special Collections Department. 

1964 Civil Rights Act: Books

After the Dream: the Struggle for Civil Rights after 1965

After the Dream: Black and White Southerners Since 1965 

By: Timothy J. Minchin and John A. Salmond

Civil rights and the struggle for black equality in the twentieth century

 

 

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July 1966/07  Martin Luther King, Jr. and Floyd Bixler McKissick

Three men standing arm and arm with a group of people standing behind them. Two of the men in this image are identified. From far left: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the man in the center of the picture is Floyd McKissick.

The man on the far right of the image is unidentified.  

Digital Image © 2011, University of Memphis Libraries Preservation and Special Collections Department. NAACP photo archives