The Civil Rights Era in the U.S. News & World Report Photographs Collection

Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress

These images were selected from the U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection to meet requests regularly received by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. (For more information about the collection, view the collection overview.) This list represents a modified form of a printed "illustrated list" made available for many years by the Division.

Photographic copies of the images may be ordered through the Library of Congress Duplication Services.

Oxford, Mississippi, October 1, 1962. Integration at University of Mississippi--James Meredith accompanied to class by U.S. marshals LC-DIG-ppmsca-04292	Birmingham, Alabama, May 14, 1963. Aftermath of bombing at Gaston Motel, Martin Luther King's headquarters LC-DIG-ppmsca-04293	Tuscaloosa, Alabama, June 11, 1963. Governor George Wallace attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama by "standing in the door"--scene outside Foster Auditorium LC-DIG-ppmsca-04294	Washington, D.C., June 14, 1963. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy speaks to a crowd at demonstration at Justice Department LC-DIG-ppmsca-04295
Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963. Civil Rights March on Washington--looking towards Washington Monument LC-DIG-ppmsca-03130	Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963. Civil Rights March on Washington--march leaders, including Martin Luther King, walking abreast amid the crowd LC-DIG-ppmsca-04297	Washington, D.C., September 22, 1963. Congress of Racial Equality conducts march in memory of four girls killed in Birmingham, Ala., Baptist church bombing LC-DIG-ppmsca-04298	Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 1964. Aaron Henry, Chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegation, speaking before the Credentials Committee at the Democratic National Convention LC-DIG-ppmsca-04299
Washington, D.C., November 3, 1964. African American woman casting vote in presidential election, Cardoza High School LC-DIG-ppmsca-04300	Washington, D.C., April 8, 1968. Soldier directing traffic in aftermath of riot that broke out after the assassination of Martin Luther King LC-DIG-ppmsca-04301	Washington, D.C., April 11, 1968. President Lyndon Johnson signing 1968 Civil Rights Bill surrounded by members of Congress LC-U9-18984-24	Washington, D.C., June 18, 1968. Poor People's March on Washington--marchers on Connecticut Avenue LC-DIG-ppmsca-04302
Washington, D.C., June 19, 1970. Black Panther Convention, Lincoln Memorial--banner being displayed LC-DIG-ppmsca-04303	Washington, D.C., June 19, 1970. Black Panther Convention, Lincoln Memorial--close-up of participant LC-DIG-ppmsca-04304	Little Rock, Arkansas. August 20, 1959. Rally at State Capitol LC-DIG-ppmsca-03120	Birmingham, Alabama. September 5, 1963. Group of African Americans Viewing the Bomb-Damaged Home of Arthur Shores, NAACP Attorney LC-DIG-ppmsca-03194

For additional images:

• See related reference aids, "Images of 20th Century African American Activists: A Select List," and "Sources for Images on African American History."
• Search the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. For instance, see the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials term, Civil rights [view term, with links to pictures] and related terms. Also try names of individuals, locations, and events associated with the movement.