Picturing Black History

Photographs and stories that changed the world

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Leaning on a porch rail, waiting for their turn at morning exercises are (l-r): 2nd Lts. Joan L. Hamilton, Marjorie S. Mayers, Prudence L. Burnes, and Inez E. Holmes. All are military nurses training to be sent to advanced posts on the Southwest Pacific.

The Integration of the American Military

Hoping to court Black voters in the 1948 Presidential election, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981, an act that significantly changed the armed forces and the Black experience in America.

A Kentucky State police officer stands by as Black students board a school bus, Okolona, Louisville, Kentucky, September 11, 1975. The police were carrying out court-ordered busing to achieve racial balance in schools in Louisville and Jefferson County.

Busing and School Segregation

White people raged against school busing in Louisville, KY (September 1975)

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