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Archive - The Women of the Civil Rights Movement / Les Femmes du mouvement pour les Droits Civiques 

Women had key roles in civil rights movement. They risked their lives and worked tirelessly, demanding a social revolution.
Historians now acknowledge that women, particularly African-Americans, were pivotal in the critical battles for racial equality. Most women in the movement played background roles, either by choice or due to bias, since being a women of color meant facing both racism and sexism.Les femmes ont joué des rôles clés lors du mouvement des droits civiques. Elles ont risqué leurs vies et ont travaillé sans relâche pour la révolution sociale.
Les historiens reconnaissent aujourd'hui... 

Burt Glinn 1957

USA. Arkansas. Little Rock. 1957. Recess on the first day of... 

Burt Glinn 1957

USA. Arkansas. Little Rock. 1957. Paratroopers escort African-American... 

Burt Glinn 1957

USA. Arkansas. Little Rock. 1957. Reporter interviewing one of... 

Burt Glinn 1957

USA. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1957. Integration of Little Rock... 

Eve Arnold 1958

USA. Virginia. 1958. A black girl and a white girl make up in... 

Eve Arnold 1958

USA. Virginia. Intergration Crisis. Sandy Salisbury - of Stratford... 

Eve Arnold 1960

USA. Virginia. CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) training for... 

Eve Arnold 1960

USA. Virginia. Black movement for integration. Teaching the illiterate... 

Eve Arnold 1960

USA. Virginia. Demonstration during civil rights movement and... 

Eve Arnold 1960

USA. Non-violence in Virginia. Guy Carawan (with guitar) and... 

Eve Arnold 1960

USA. Virginia. Petersburg. Civil strike, Core group. Training... 

Bruce Davidson 1961

USA. Montgomery, Alabama. 1961. National Guardsmen protect the... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1961

USA. Georgia. Atlanta. 1961. Pastor's study of Ebenezer Baptist... 

Bruce Davidson 1961

USA. Alabama. Montgomery. 1961. Freedom Riders. Bus trip from... 

Bruce Davidson 1961

USA. Freedom Riders on stop during bus trip from Montgomery,... 

Danny Lyon 1963

USA. Atlanta, Georgia. Winter 1963-1964. Taylor Washington yells... 

Danny Lyon 1962

USA. Georgia. 1962. Charles SHERROD (standing at right), Field... 

Danny Lyon 1963

Mississippi, 1963. Martha Prescod, Mike Miller, and Robert Parris... 

Danny Lyon 1963

USA. Savannah, Georgia. 1963. Demonstrators about to be arrested.... 

Bruce Davidson 1962

USA. New York City. 1962. Ruby DEE, Ossie DAVIS, and their children... 

Bruce Davidson 1962

USA. New York City. 1962. Black Americans. 

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Danny Lyon 1963

USA. Mississippi. 1963. Annell Ponder, member of the Southern... 

Danny Lyon 1964

USA. 1964. Ella BAKER, who called the 1960 meeting of student... 

Danny Lyon 1964

USA. Mississippi. 1964. Sign advertising employment in the North.... 

Danny Lyon 1963

USA. Greenwood, MS. 1963. A Civil Rights worker taking people... 

Danny Lyon 1963

USA. Georgia. August, 1963. The Leesburg Stockade. Arrested for... 

Danny Lyon 1964

USA. Mississippi. 1964. June Johnson, a 16 year old who was beaten... 

Danny Lyon 1963

USA. Birmingham, Alabama. 1963. The Sixteenth Street Baptist... 

Danny Lyon 1963

USA. Greenwood, Mississippi. 1963. Dorie Ladner and Casey Hayden.... 

Danny Lyon 1963

USA. Atlanta, Georgia. Winter 1963-1964. A meeting of the Student... 

Danny Lyon 1964

USA. Alabama. 1964. SNCC leader Prathia HALL. 

Danny Lyon 1964

USA. Hattiesburg, MS. 1964. Voter registration. 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963. Demonstrators sing "We... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963. The March on Washington.... 

Bruce Davidson 1963

USA. Alabama. Birmingham. 1963. A female protester being arrested... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963. Marian Wright EDELMAN... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. New York City. Brooklyn. 1963. Police attack on a civil... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Brooklyn, New York City. 1963. Civil Rights demonstration.... 

Bruce Davidson 1963

USA. Birmingham, Alabama. 1963. Firemen turn their hoses on civil... 

Bruce Davidson 1963

USA. Alabama. Birmingham. 1963. Members of the congregation singing... 

Bruce Davidson 1963

USA. Alabama. Birmingham. 1963. A woman sits to protest racial... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963. The March on Washington.... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963. The March on Washington.... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963. The March on Washington.... 

Bruce Davidson 1965

USA. Selma, Alabama. 1965. The Great Freedom March. Martin Luther... 

Bruce Davidson 1965

USA. Montgomery, Alabama. 1965. The Great Freedom March. Martin... 

Bruce Davidson 1965

USA. Montgomery, Alabama. 1965. The Great Freedom March. Martin... 

Bruce Davidson 1965

USA. Montgomery, Alabama. 1965. The Great Freedom March.
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