Equal Rights Collection

Police dog attacking a young black man during the Youth Mass Demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, spring 1963
CIVIL RIGHTS, 1963. Police dog attacking a young black man during the Youth Mass Demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, spring 1963

Suffragette demonstration. 21st May 1906

Votes for Women - policemen with a suffragette arrested in Hyde Park about 1912 Colourised photograph

Lydia Pinkham Co. advertisement, 1923 (b / w photo)
SLS249199 Lydia Pinkham Co. advertisement, 1923 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

Three women chippers working in a shipbuilding shipyard, 1942

Integration Protest, Monroe, North Carolina. Photograph by Delcan Haun, August 1961
CIVIL RIGHTS, 1961. Integration Protest, Monroe, North Carolina. Photograph by Delcan Haun, August 1961

Annie Kenney and Constance Lytton in the Prisoners Pageant of the Women's Coronation Procession, 1911 (b/w photo)
2906436 Annie Kenney and Constance Lytton in the Prisoners Pageant of the Women's Coronation Procession, 1911 (b/w photo) by English Photographer; Private Collection; (add.info.: On 17th June)

Reconstruction upholding equal rights, 1868
Reconstruction depicted as equal rights reform, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Why not go the limit? For the benefit of those ladies who ask the right to smoke in
1078685 Why not go the limit? For the benefit of those ladies who ask the right to smoke in public, 1908 (colour litho) by Dart

A woman assembles part of the cowling of a B-25 bomber motor. circa 1942
A woman assembles part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber in the engine department of North Americas Inglewood, California plant. circa October 1942

Crossing into Illinois, editorial cartoon, 1913 (print)
4073055 Crossing into Illinois, editorial cartoon, 1913 (print) by McCutcheon, John Tinney (1870-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crossing into Illinois, 1913 editorial cartoon by John T)

Lily Smith, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Lily Smith, between c1910 and c1915.

Mexican Society women at bullfight, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mexican Society women at bullfight, between c1910 and c1915.

Mrs. H.S. Blatch in Wall St., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. H.S. Blatch in Wall St., between c1910 and c1915. Shows suffragist Harriot Stanton Blatch (1856-1940) speaking with a crowd gathered below her.

Mrs. H. Riordan, suffragette, New York, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. H. Riordan, suffragette, New York, 1910.

Miss Louise Hall with brush and Susan Fitzgerald assisting bill posting..., between c1910 and c1915
Miss Louise Hall with brush and Susan Fitzgerald assisting bill posting in Cincinnati, between c1910 and c1915. The person handling the brush, who is not visible in the photograph, is Miss

London - arrest of a suffragette, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
London - arrest of a suffragette, between c1910 and c1915.

Women enlisting - England, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Women enlisting - England, between c1910 and c1915.

First woman jury, Los Angeles, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
First woman jury, Los Angeles, 1911. Shows the first all-woman jury in California who acquitted the editor of the Watts News of printing indecent language, on Nov. 2, 1911.

Liberal Party rally disrupted by suffragettes, 1905
3037858 Liberal Party rally disrupted by suffragettes, 1905 by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst, 1903 (photo)
3305193 Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst, 1903 (photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, DBE (1880 - 1958), was a suffragette born in Manchester, England

Emmeline Pankhurst carrying a petition from the Third Women's Parliament to the Prime Minister on February 13th
STC321032 Emmeline Pankhurst carrying a petition from the Third Women's Parliament to the Prime Minister on February 13th

Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creators: Joseph Keppler, Bernhard Gillam
Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

À la Mairie.. 1854. Creator: Honore Daumier
A la Mairie.. 1854. "La femme doit obeisance et soumission a son mari". At the Town Hall. "The wife must show obedience and submission to her husband"

The Manchester Election: the Hustings in St. Anne's-Square, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Manchester Election: the Hustings in St. Anne's-Square, 1857. General election. The nomination of candidates for election to serve in the next Parliament as representatives of the city of

Indians, American - Maj. Victor M. Locke, Chief of The Choctaw, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Indians, American - Maj
Indians, American - Maj. Victor M. Locke, Chief of The Choctaw, 1916. Locke represented the State of Oklahoma as a delegate to the Republican National Convention

Major Victor M. Locke, Chief of The Choctaw, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Major Victor M
Major Victor M. Locke, Chief of The Choctaw, 1916. Locke represented the State of Oklahoma as a delegate to the Republican National Convention

National Woman's Party Exec. group, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
National Woman's Party Exec. group, between 1910 and 1920. [American suffragists. The NWP was a women's political organisation formed in 1916 to fight for women's suffrage]

Mrs. Thomas Marshall, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. Thomas Marshall, between 1910 and 1920
Mrs. Thomas Marshall, between 1910 and 1920. Woman knitting, with display of aprons and knitted items for sale, possibly a fundraising event. Sign written on US Senate notepaper

R. L. Perry, 1887. Creator: Unknown
R. L. Perry, 1887. African-American classical scholar, educator, journalist, newspaper editor and Baptist minister Rufus L

W. H. Steward, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. H. Steward, 1887. African-American educator, journalist, civil rights activist William Henry Steward was president of the Afro-American Press Association

Frank P. Walsh, between 1911 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Frank P. Walsh, between 1911 and 1920
Frank P. Walsh, between 1911 and 1920. American lawyer Francis Patrick Walsh was an advocate of progressive causes, and championed improved working conditions, better pay for workers

Frances J. Grimké, 1921. Creator: Unknown
Frances J. Grimke, 1921

Rev. J. B. Fields, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Rev. J. B. Fields, 1887. African-American Baptist minister, clergyman, preacher and orator James B. Fields. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

W. Q. Atwood, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. Q. Atwood, 1887. William Q. Atwood, African-American businessman and lumber baron; active in the Underground Railroad. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J

David Abner, Jr. 1887. Creator: Unknown
David Abner, Jr. 1887. Educator and journalist; first African American to graduate from a Texas school of higher education, professor of Bishop College in Texas

Charles L. Reason, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Charles L. Reason, 1887. African-American mathematician, linguist, and educator; the first black college professor in the United States

Alexander Clark, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Alexander Clark, 1887. African-American diplomat, businessman and activist; United States Ambassador to Liberia, co-owner and editor of The Conservator newspaper

I. M. Burgan, 1887. Creator: Unknown
I. M. Burgan, 1887. African-American minister and educator Isaac M. Burgan, principal of Paul Quinn College in Texas. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J

D. A. Payne, 1887. Creator: Unknown
D. A. Payne, 1887. Reverend Daniel Alexander Payne, educator, clergyman and author; bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the founders of Wilberforce University in Ohio

John Jasper, 1887. Creator: Unknown
John Jasper, 1887. African-American minister, activist and public speaker. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

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"Championing Equal Rights: A Journey Towards Justice and Equality" In the fight for equal rights, pivotal moments have shaped our history. From the Youth Mass Demonstration in Birmingham to suffragette demonstrations, these images capture the resilience of those who dared to challenge societal norms. The photograph from 1963 shows a police dog attacking a young black man during the Youth Mass Demonstration in Birmingham. It serves as a stark reminder of the racial injustices that plagued our nation and ignited the civil rights movement. The Suffragette demonstration on May 21st, 1906, showcases brave women demanding their right to vote. Their unwavering determination paved the way for future generations of women seeking political empowerment. Votes for Women - policemen arresting a suffragette in Hyde Park around 1912 reminds us of the sacrifices made by courageous activists who faced arrests and persecution while fighting for equality. A glimpse into history reveals Lydia Pinkham Co. 's advertisement from 1923, promoting gender equality through health products. This progressive approach challenged traditional gender roles and encouraged women's autonomy over their bodies. Three women chippers working in a shipbuilding shipyard demonstrate how World War II created opportunities for women to enter male-dominated industries. These trailblazers shattered stereotypes and proved that gender should never limit one's potential. An iconic image captured by Delcan Haun in August 1961 depicts an Integration Protest in Monroe, North Carolina. The struggle against segregation exemplifies individuals' relentless pursuit despite facing hostility and violence. Reconstruction upholding equal rights in 1868 marked an important milestone after years of slavery. Though progress was slow and met with resistance, it laid crucial groundwork towards achieving true equality under the law. "Why not go the limit?" asks an advertisement encouraging ladies' right to smoke from an era when social expectations confined women's behavior. Such campaigns challenged societal norms surrounding femininity and personal choices.