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Photographs documenting the work of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) to combat job discrimination in Danville, Virginia.
Peppler, Jim
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African Americans; Civil Rights; Danville (Va.); Employment; Naacp Legal Defense And Educational Fund
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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African Americans being arrested following a night-time march for civil rights in Danville, Virginia, 1963 July 11
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
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African American Civil Rights Workers; African Americans; Arrest; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Demonstrations; Civil Rights Movements; Civil Rights Workers; Danville; Danville (Va.); Discrimination; History; Police; Police, State; Protest Marches; Race Relations; Segregation; Virginia
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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Mayor Julian R. Stinson speaking to a reporter about recent civil rights demonstrations in Danville, Virginia, 1963 July 13
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
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African Americans; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Demonstrations; Civil Rights Movements; Danville; Danville (Va.); Discrimination; Discrimination In Public Accommodations; History; Interviews; Mayors; Police Brutality; Race Relations; Reporters And Reporting; Segregation; Violence Against; Virginia
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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Mayor Julian R. Stinson speaking to Reverend Lendell W. Chase after a civil rights demonstration in Danville, Virginia, 1963 June 13
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
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African American Civil Rights Workers; African American Clergy; African Americans; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Demonstrations; Civil Rights Movements; Civil Rights Workers; Clergy; Danville; Danville (Va.); Discrimination; Discrimination In Public Accommodations; History; Mayors; Race Relations; Segregation; Virginia
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Learning to read at 91
Simms, Julius C
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Abraham Lincoln; African American Women; African Americans; Anecdotes; Danville; Education; Illinois; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809 1865; Newspapers; Vance, Mariah; Women
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Letter, from Robert W. Jones, Danville, Montgomery County to Joseph Washington McClurg, December 31, 1870
Office of the Governor
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Clark, William; Danville; Government; Jones, Robert W; Missouri; Montgomery County; Montgomery County (Mo.); Politics And Government; Verns, H. W
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Wreck of the old ‘97; Wreck of the old ninety-seven;; Oh, they handed him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
Ratliff, Mildred
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A Capella Singing; Love; Monroe, Virginia, Train, Spencer, White Oak Mountain, Lynchburg, Danville, Train Wreck, Warning, Women, Love; Nature; Railroad Accidents; Railroads; Train Wrecks; Wisdom; Women
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The Homegoing Celebration Honoring Our Beloved Nancy Carol Yancey, December 8, 1947 - October 15, 2014, Celebration Service, Two O'Clock in the Afternoon, Monday, October 20, 2014, Fisher and Watkins Funeral Home Chapel, 707 Wilson Street, Danville, Virginia, Rev. Haywoos Smith, Eulogist
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African American Women; African Americans; Danville; Funeral Customs And Rites; Funeral Rites And Ceremonies; Funeral Service; Genealogy; History; Mourning Customs; Virginia; Women
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Thompson's Hall, Danville two nights only, Tuesday & Wednesday, June 16 & 17, 1863: The far-famed and old established Sanford's Opera Troupe, from his opera houses, Philad'a and Harrisburg The best troupe in the world. Two companies condensed into one. Sanford, the pioneer of minstrelsy will appear in his special acts. Mr. Sanford will have the honor of presenting the best troupe of artists that has ever been concentrated into one body, embracing operatic talent, tragic merit, comic ability, delineations of men, manners and customs, and the special acts, as given with unbounded applause! for the past fourteen years, to the elite of the world. ... Street warblers! ... Donnybrook fair! ... A sketch, by Sanford, entitled Handy Andy, ... To conclude with the last new walk-around, by Dan Emmett, entitled High Daddy ... Admission, 25 cents. Children, 15 cents Front seats invariably reserved for ladies. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performance to commence at 8 o'clock
Sanford's Opera Troupe
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Broadsides; Danville; Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815 1904; Entertainment Events; Handy Andy; High Daddy; Minstrel Shows; Pennsylvania; Playbills; Sanford, Samuel S, 1821 1905
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Night on the Danville R.R. Rebels in full retrt [sic]
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American; Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Confederate; Confederate States Of America; Danville; Drawings; History; Military Retreats; Railroads; Troop Movements; United States; Virginia
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Letter, from Robert W. Jones, Danville, Motgomery County to Benjamin Gratz Brown, February 1871
Office of the Governor
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African American Prisoners; African Americans; Black Prisoners; Clark, William; Danville; Government; Jones, Robert W; Missouri; Montgomery County; Montgomery County (Mo.); Politics And Government
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Destruction of Genl. Lees lines of Communication in Virginia by Genl. Wilson
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American; Carts & Wagons; Cavalry; Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Destruction & Pillage; Drawings; History; Horses; Military Officers; Military Service; Railroads; Richmond And Danville Railroad; Southside Railroad; Union; United States; Wilson, James Harrison
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Colored Danville High School. Pupils from county accepted without tuition
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African Americans; Boyle County (Ky.); Cities And Towns By Name; Danville (Ky.); Education; High Schools; Institutional Buildings; Kentucky; People By Ethnic Group; Regions And States; Regions And States By Name; Schools; Single Built Works By Function; Social Sciences; South (U.S.)
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Letter, from Robert W. Jones, Danville, Montgomery County to Benjamin Gratz Brown, February 1871
Office of the Governor
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African American Prisoners; African Americans; Black Prisoners; Clark, William; Danville; Government; Jones, Robert W; Mc Clurg, Joseph Washington (1818 1900); Missouri; Montgomery County; Montgomery County (Mo.); Petit Larceny; Politics And Government
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Teachers,Danville High School Colored
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African Americans; Boyle County (Ky.); Cities And Towns By Name; Danville (Ky.); Education; High Schools; Institutional Buildings; Kentucky; People By Ethnic Group; Regions And States; Regions And States By Name; Schools; Single Built Works By Function; Social Sciences; South (U.S.)
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Henry R. Pippitt Diary, 1862 September 18-1863 May 19
Pippitt, Henry R
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Blue Ridge Mountains; Campaigns & Battles; Civil War; Civil War Diaries; Civil War, 1861 1865; Danville (Ky.); Diaries; Fort Mitchell (Ky.); Frankfurt (Ky.); Gilmore, Quincy Adams, 1825 1888; History; Hospitals; Military Life; Ohio; Personal Narratives; Pippitt, Henry, 1842 1927; Regimental Histories; Reilly, James William, 1828 1905; Richmond (Ky.); United States; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 104th (1862 1865); United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 104th (1862 1865) Company G
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John W. Buck oral history transcript
Indiana State Library Buck, John W
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African Americans; Alcoholics Anonymous; Alcoholism; American Correctional Association; Buck, John; Capital Punishment; Church; Clubs; Convict Labor; Correctional Institutions; Correctional Personnel; Crime; Criminology; Danville (Ind.); Discrimination; Education; Escaped Prisoners; Family Life; Functional Literacy; Heterosexism; History; Homophobia; Homosexuality; Imprisonment; Indiana; Indiana Boys' School; Indiana Girls' School; Indiana Reformatory; Indiana State Farm; Indiana State Prison; Indiana State University; Inmate Guards; Interviewing; Interviews; Lesbianism; New Deal, 1933 1939; Oral Histories; Oral History; Overcrowding; Parole; Parole Boards; Prison Contraband; Prison Newspapers; Prisoners; Prisons; Race Discrimination; Racism; Racism In Criminology; Recidivism; Reformatories; Sexual Behavior; Social Workers; Teachers; United States; United States. Works Progress Administration; Women; Women Prisoners
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