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Biography

Vivian Carter Mason

  • Activism
  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Civil Rights & Black Power, 1945-1975
Black and White Photograph of standing students
We are not fighting to be integrated into American life; we have been integrated since the day we were born here. We are fighting for the same rights other Americans enjoy.
Mrs. Nettie Hunt, sitting on steps of Supreme Court, holding newspaper, explaining to her daughter Nikie the meaning of the Supreme Court's decision banning school segregation
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Education for All

  • Activism
Black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and another woman examining a large map of Africa hanging on the wall. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt, Etta Moten Barnett stands to the side of the map and points to the country of Liberia with her right arm outstretched. The woman standing next to her wears a light grey dress with double breasted black button up the front and a black belt.
Biography

Etta Moten Barnett

  • Organizations
Photograph of African American children dressed in school uniforms and seated outside in three rows of benches.
Biography

Edmonia Highgate

  • Education