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U.S. Congress, 1868- Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey, First African American U.S. Representative, House of Representatives, Unknown

Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was the first African American to serve in the United States House of Representatives, the second…

Tags: African-American, Civil Rights, House of Representatives, Joseph Rainey, U.S. Congress

DeStaffany Custom Art LLC, Alma Smith Jacobs, Librarian, DeStaffany Custom Art LLC, 2016

A black and white photograph of Alma Smith Jacobs, the first African American to serve as Montana State Librarian. Alma Jacobs began her library…

Tags: African-Americans, Alma Smith Jacobs, American Library Association, Civil Rights, Librarian, Montana

Ohio House of Representatives, Benjmain W. Arnett, Ohio House of Representatives, Circa 1886

A photograph of Benjamin W. Arnett, an African-American minister, elected official, and educator. Though Benjamin W. Arnett was born a free man, he…

Tags: African-American, Benjamin W. Arnett, Civil Rights, Education, Minister, Ohio

Kaitlin Whalen, Booker T. Washington, William H. Johnson, 1944-1945

Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up,…

Tags: African-Americans, Booker T. Washington, Civil Rights, Education, Reformer, Tuskegee

Carl Van Vetchen - Photographer, Robert Berks - Sculptor, Memorial for Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator and Activist, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, April 6 1949: Photograph, July 10, 1974: Sculpture

Memorial commemorating Mary McLeod Bethune, an educator and activist who made significant contributions to the rights of African Americans. The…

Tags: African-Americans, Civil Rights, Education, Mary McLeod Bethune, Memorial, Women

United States Senate, Senator Edward Moore Kennedy - Timeline of Public Service, United States Senate, 2009

"His energetic adherence to perseverance, his plain dogged determination, his ability to rise from the ashes…always with grace, and usually with a…

Tags: Civil Rights, Edward M. Kennedy, Health Care, Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy, Timelines, US Senator

Michael Shane Neal, Senator Robert. C. Byrd (1917-2010) Longest Serving Member of the United States Congress, U.S. Senate, 2007

Senator Robert Byrd was U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959 and a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 2010. Sen. Byrd served over 51 years of continuous…

Tags: Civil Rights, Democratic Party, House of Representatives, Robert C. Byrd, Timelines, US Senator

YMCA, YWCA Timeline 1858-2013, Library of Congress, 1917

Established in 1858 as a voice for women's issues, The YWCA opened the first employment bureau for women several years later. That was only the…

Tags: Anti-Racism, Civil Rights, Timelines, VAWA, Women, Women's Suffrage, YWCA

Unknown, 1959 - 1977 Hiram Leong Fong - First Asian American elected to the U.S. Senate, Library of Congress, c. 1960-1970

Senator Hiram Leong Fong became one of Hawaii’s first two U.S. Senators in 1959, upon the state’s admission to the Union. The son of Chinese…

Tags: Asian American, Civil Rights, Hawaii, Hiram Leong Fong, Immigration Reform, US Senator, Voting Rights

UN Photographs Collection, Dominique De Menil, Artwork Collector, University of Houston, Between 1948-2000

Dominique de Menil and her husband collected many pieces of artwork throughout their lives, and managed to put this collection to use in helping…

Tags: Artwork, Civil Rights, Dominique de Menil, Human Rights, MLK, Philanthropy, Women

Master Lei Yixin, Stone of Hope - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Monument, National Park Service, 2011

"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of…

Tags: Civil Rights, MLK, Public Architecture, Washington D.C.