Crowd in front of Little Rock Central High School (2120 W Daisy L Gatson Bates Dr, Little Rock, AR 72202), protesting against desegregation called by a United States Court Order in 1957, during Civil Rights movement. 36th Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus at a press conference. National Guard in front of Little Rock Central High School. 101st Airborne Division Federal troops running. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks on enforcing Arkansas to respect court order and constitution. A U.S. Army Airborne Federal troop service man assists two African American students into a car. Airborne Federal troops assisting and guarding African-American students to get inside their car. Airborne Federal troops escort the car with African-American students on their way to school. 101st Airborne Division troops apprehend white teenagers and force others away at bayonet point. Airborne Federal troops escort an apprehended teenager. Students walk toward the school. An army truck passes by. Airborne Federal troops and federalized National Guard troops surrounding the Little Rock Central High School. Little Rock Central High School students crowd in front of the school as the troops apprehend them. President Dwight D. Eisenhower ends his speech with the words, “thus will be restored the image of America and all its parts as one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”.
A forensic investigator at his desk in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters. Forensic scientist inserts a vial of dust sample into a spectrum analyzer. Forensic investigator marks notes on roll of paper from spectrum analysis machine. View of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Sign saying, “FBI Academy”. Students of the FBI Academy enter school. FBI Academy Professor lectures in classroom. FBI Academy students listen attentively in class. The professor notes to the future FBI agents that, "it will be your responsibility to make civil rights a reality within the realm of federal authority."
Jesse Jackson, an African American political activist and civil rights advocate, and Baptist minister, preaching to a black congregation in Chicago, Illinois. Jesse Jackson, dripping with sweat, delivers his sermon to the crowd. Black churchgoers crowd outside a church. Black people attend a sermon by Jesse Jackson. Elderly black men fanning themselves while listening to church sermon. Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches to African Americans to throw all sense of inferiority. Reverend Jesse Jackson pointing to congregation during his sermon. “You have given up on being first class citizens. You have given up on three meals a day. You have given up because somebody has defined you as a “White man’s slave” rather than God’s child. You are not put here to be a white man’s footstool. You’re put here to represent the best in God’s world!” says Jesse Jackson.
A black man leads an African American “Operation Breadbasket” choir singing on a stage. Audience clapping at performance. A young black woman clapping. Black women watching inside a theater. A child is asleep during a performance. Reverend Jesse Jackson, a black Baptist minister and political activist and civil rights activist from Chicago, Illinois, preaches to African Americans. “Black can be beautiful.” said Jesse Jackson. Black and white Americans listen to the sermon of Jesse Jackson. Reverend Jackson delivers his sermon behind a podium. Reverend Jackson preaching racial equality, non-violence, and a proportionate share for blacks in Chicago’s economy.
African American Baptist minister and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson leading a black demonstration in Springfield, Illinois. Jesse Jackson linking arms with black activists. Demonstrators outside the Illinois State Capitol (401 S. 2nd St Springfield IL 62701). Black protesters pass by a statue of Abraham Lincoln outside the Illinois State Capitol. Legislators inside the Illinois State Capitol. Reverend Jesse Jackson delivers a sermon to Illinois state legislature. “Come to this land!” said Jesse Jackson. Photographers take photographs of Jesse Jackson and officials walking to the Office of the Mayor (Chicago). Jesse Jackson during a hearing with the Mayor of Chicago.
Vehicles parked outside a model framed house at the Nevada Test Site before Upshot-Knothole Annie, a nuclear weapon test during Operation Doorstep. United States Civil Defense personnel gather outside the model framed houses. A KTLA news van parked outside a model house at the Nevada Test Site. Venetian blinds on house windows. Mannequins sitting in a model first floor living room and dining room. Girl and toddler mannequins sitting on the floor together. A mannequin lying in a sickbed. A pair of shoes on top of bedside table. A mannequin holding a book faces the window. A scale model of a box-type shelter. Mannequin inside a shelter. A bomb tower seen from a distance. Model house and a car near the bomb tower. Outdoor shelter of reinforced concrete at the Nevada Test Site. A scale model shows the interior view of a basement exit type home shelter.
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