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Visions of Freedom: Democracy

A sepia toned photograph of a large crowd of representatives stand in front of the Alabama's state capitol.

Gaining Political Representation

Give us the suffrage and you may rely upon us to secure justice for ourselves.
I hold that I am a member of this body. Therefore, sir, I shall neither fawn nor cringe before any party, nor stoop to beg them for my rights.

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The Delegates of 1972 features many black figures, collaged together under a red, white, and blue overlay.