• A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    A “freedom rally” in downtown Indianapolis, Aug. 4, 1963.
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    A “freedom rally” in downtown Indianapolis, Aug. 4, 1963.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn., March 28, 1968.
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    The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn., March 28, 1968.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Members of the NAACP march to emphasize their integration demands in Jacksonville, Florida, April 22, 1964.
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    Members of the NAACP march to emphasize their integration demands in Jacksonville, Florida, April 22, 1964.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Martin Luther King Jr.,  with his wife Coretta (right) and John Lewis (far right), leads a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, March 1965.
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    Martin Luther King Jr., with his wife Coretta (right) and John Lewis (far right), leads a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, March 1965.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Coretta Scott King, left, the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, center, and Mrs. Juanita Abernathy, leave Birmingham jail after visiting Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Dr. Ralph Abernathy on April 18, 1963.
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    Coretta Scott King, left, the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, center, and Mrs. Juanita Abernathy, leave Birmingham jail after visiting Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Dr. Ralph Abernathy on April 18, 1963.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Kathleen Cleaver tells a San Francisco news conference August 24, 1972, she believes the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is "the main source" behind alleged threats to assassinate her husband, Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver.
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    Kathleen Cleaver tells a San Francisco news conference August 24, 1972, she believes the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is “the main source” behind alleged threats to assassinate her husband, Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Two members of the Black Panther Party walk to the Assembly Chamber in Sacramento, California, May 2, 1967.
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    Two members of the Black Panther Party walk to the Assembly Chamber in Sacramento, California, May 2, 1967.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    From left are Black Panther members, 2nd Lieutenant James Pelser, Capt. Jerry James, 1st Lieutenant Greg Criner and 1st Lieutenant Robert Reynolds, shown Feb. 20, 1969 in New Brunswick, NJ.
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    From left are Black Panther members, 2nd Lieutenant James Pelser, Capt. Jerry James, 1st Lieutenant Greg Criner and 1st Lieutenant Robert Reynolds, shown Feb. 20, 1969 in New Brunswick, NJ.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Huey P. Newton, national defense minister of the Black Panther Party, raises his clenched fist behind the podium as he speaks at a convention sponsored by the Black Panthers at Temple University's McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 5, 1970.
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    Huey P. Newton, national defense minister of the Black Panther Party, raises his clenched fist behind the podium as he speaks at a convention sponsored by the Black Panthers at Temple University’s McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 5, 1970.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Activist Angela Davis, left, and Jonathan Jackson are seen marching in a demonstration in Los Angeles on June 19, 1970, for the prisoners accused of killing a guard at Soledad Prison in January.
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    Activist Angela Davis, left, and Jonathan Jackson are seen marching in a demonstration in Los Angeles on June 19, 1970, for the prisoners accused of killing a guard at Soledad Prison in January.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Protest leader, Rashad Turner, far right, leads dozens of protesters in a Black Lives Matter rally in the neighborhood around Governor's Mansion in St. Paul, Minn.
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    Protest leader, Rashad Turner, far right, leads dozens of protesters in a Black Lives Matter rally in the neighborhood around Governor’s Mansion in St. Paul, Minn.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Atmosphere at a demonstration outside of Men’s New York Fashion Week on July 12, 2016.
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    Atmosphere at a demonstration outside of Men’s New York Fashion Week on July 12, 2016.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Keara Lipscomb, third from left, 24, leans on Ayo Akinmoladun, second from left, 25, during the Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter protest against violence by police near South Parkway and Mississippi Friday evening, July 8, 2016 in Memphis, Tenn.
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    Keara Lipscomb, third from left, 24, leans on Ayo Akinmoladun, second from left, 25, during the Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter protest against violence by police near South Parkway and Mississippi Friday evening, July 8, 2016 in Memphis, Tenn.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Protestors rally during a Black Lives Matter demonstration, Sunday, July 10, 2016, in Cincinnati.
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    Protestors rally during a Black Lives Matter demonstration, Sunday, July 10, 2016, in Cincinnati.

  • A History of Fashion in the Black Civil Rights Movement

    Protestors with Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.
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    Protestors with Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.

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