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Thelma Mothershed, one of the "Little Rock Nine" African-American students, seen in Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
Jefferson Thomas, one of the African-American students part of the Little Rock High school segregation controversy walking amongst students in hallway of Central High School, Little Rock Arkansas, four years after graduating. The hall is filled with students changing classes. Thomas climbs staircase holding the bannister. A white student courteously tries to help him find his way. He walks down a hall and looks at teacher and students in a classroom. Scene shifts to years earlier, showing Thelma Mothershed, another of the Little Rock Nine African-American students, in a similar classroom at Central High, and then rapidly to her walking along a hallway, at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. She speaks of teaching and children, as scenes show her with children in school settings. She is also seen in a dressmaking class. Scene reverts back to her at Central High in Little Rock.
African American businesses on Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia
Black-owned businesses in Sweet Auburn district in Atlanta, Georgia. A car driven by African American men drives away. Mutual Federal Savings Bank (Mutual Federal Savings Bank 205 Auburn Ave N E Atlanta, GA 30303) in Auburn Avenue. Sign reads “Mutual Federal Savings”. Two black women walk past the Silvermoon Barber Shop (202 Auburn Ave. NE) An African-American barber inside Silvermoon barber shop looking through window. A man holding a tripod on the street as people walk by. An African-American man holding a child. Menu board for The Pub Grill, a black owned diner on Auburn Avenue. Commercial buildings such as J. T. Bickers Realty Co., The Pub Grill, George's Shoe Shop and The Casino club on Auburn Avenue (171-191 Auburn Ave ) A 1959 Cadillac Sedan DeVille parked next to The Casino club at 171 Auburn, where the marquee reads “Teenage Dance Wed and Fri”. A black man wearing a cap pays a parking meter. An African American man wearing glasses and fedora. Young African American barbers from the Silvermoon Barber shop talking with customer outside.
Tribal war zone in Congo; Soldiers arrest men from makeshift hospital in Congo
A tribal war zone in Congo. Crowds of Africans in traditional costumes gather on the foothills of a mountain in Central Africa. Congolese troops with weapons practice charging forward on a road. African soldiers let women carrying jars and sacks on their heads pass by roadblock. Soldiers inspect motorists at a checkpoint. Patients sit in front of beds inside a hospital in Congo. An injured prisoner with head bandage. Another patient sits down while others are seen lying in beds. A white officer, probably Belgium, talks to a handcuffed patient. A lock is seen on patient’s wrist. A handcuffed African prisoner stands behind the general. Torn clothing or fabric scattered on the floor. Congolese soldiers take away handcuffed wounded prisoners from the makeshift hospital.
African-American WACS pass in review before Major Charity Adams and General John C H Lee during World War II.
During World War 2, African American women soldiers of the Women's Army Corps (WACS) stand in formation at a parade ground in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, during a formal military review on February 15, 1945. The women are from the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed “Six Triple Eight, which had just arrived in Birmingham. The WACS' commanding officer, Major Charity Adams, stands beside General John C.H. Lee. The African-American female soldiers of the WACS march in a column, eight deep, passing by General John CH Lee and Major Charity Adams, who salute the soldiers. Other male officers stand on the review stand behind officers Lee and Adams. Note: Major Charity Adams (Charity Edna Adams; later Charity Adams Earley) was the first African-American woman officer in the WACS, and, at the end of the war, then Lieutenant Colonel Adams was the highest ranking African-American woman in the United States military.
Nurses guide mothers in feeding infants, Central Africa
African nurses of medical mission serve in rural districts of Central Africa. An African mother feeds her baby. Nurses provide useful advice in feeding infants. A baby weighed.
Major Charity Adams inspects women of the African-American WAC 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (WW2)
Women soldiers of the all African-American WAC battalion, the “Six Triple Eight," come to attention while their commander, Army Major Charity Adams, inspects them. Close ups of women's faces during inspection. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion march while British police "bobbies" look on. View of soldier's feet as they march. (World War II period)
