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1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCopy Work Portrait of Two Women.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCopy Work, Portrait of Two Women Sitting.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCopy Work, School Photo of a Boy & Girl.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCopy Work, Studio Portrait of a Couple Sitting.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCopy Work, Studio Portrait of a Couple Standing.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCopy Work, Studio Portrait of a Girl Sitting.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCopy Work, Studio Portrait of a Man Sitting.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCopy Work, Studio Portrait of a Woman.
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCopy Work, Studio Portrait of a Woman, Dorothy Myles.
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Cora Mae Brown (April 19, 1914 – December 17, 1972) was the first African-American woman elected (rather than appointed) to a state senate in the United States. She won her seat in the Michigan Senate in 1952. Brown was a Democrat who represented Detroit.
1865–1932
Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne (November 1865 – September 23, 1932) was an African-American suffragist, civil rights activist, and an Atlanta socialite. She was an early member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and a…
1984–2022
Cora Faith Walker (née Drew; November 5, 1984 – March 11, 2022) was an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 74th district from January 2017 to July 2019. On July 29, 2019, Walker resigned from the…
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Coralie Franklin Cook (March 1861 – August 25, 1942) was an African-American educator, public speaker, and government official. She is also the first known descendant among those enslaved at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate to graduate from college.
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Cordell Cleare (born December 5, 1965) is an American activist and politician from Harlem, New York City. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been politically active in Harlem since the late 1990s. She is currently the state senator for New York's…
1927–2006
King sustained the movement's momentum following her husband's assassination, founded the King Center and campaigned for a national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1962
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King seated at the kitchen table. Dr. King has his arm leaning on the back of his chair, his head is angled to the left but he is looking at Mrs. King. He is wearing a white…
1962
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white digital image of Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King, Jr. with arms crossed across holding hands. Mrs. King, left of the image, is wearing a dark sleeveless dress with a large light corsage pinned to her chest on her left. She is…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows Coretta Scott King seated inside a car outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church after Martin Luther King Jr.'s first commemorative birthday event in 1969. The car door is open and a man in a black hat and glasses in leaning…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows Coretta Scott King leaving Ebenezer Baptist Church after Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. Coretta Scott King is in the center of the photograph, mostly obscured by a man in a black hat. King's…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows the King family seated inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. The King family is seated in the center of the photograph. Harry Belafonte is seated to the proper left…
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows Coretta Scott King leaving the birthday service for Martin Luther King Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1969. King is centered in the photograph and looking off-camera. King is standing between an open car door and…
April 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family leading the memorial march held in Memphis after his assassination.
1970–2013
Corey Maclin (May 6, 1970 – July 31, 2013) was an American television broadcaster, announcer, play-by-play commentator and politician, best known for his work in the Memphis, Tennessee area as a television sports reporter and professional wrestling announcer.
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Cori Anika Bush (born July 21, 1976) is an American politician, nurse, pastor, and Black Lives Matter activist who served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district from 2021 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party and…
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