1950s-1960s

During the 1950s and 60s the Civil Rights Movement was a large issue. Here are some photographs and cartoons from that time:

400 years of struggle, Harlem, NY, a mural by Lucy Mahler located at the WEB Dubois Community Center. Among the recognizable figures shown in the mural are Paul Robeson, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, and Angela Davis.

Photograph by Burt Berinsky

Burt Berinsky (1931-1991), head photographer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) in the 1960s, took this picture in Selma, Alabama in 1965 during the critical civil rights struggles in the South. Selma was the scene of some of the most dramatic events in that historic campaign, including a brutal police attack on marchers as they crossed the bridge on the city's outskirts and the Selma to Montgomery march.