Here is a link to PDF file versions of 1950s editions of the Montgomery Advertiser:
http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/newsfronts_05.htm
The headline of one can be seen below...
Segregation
Vintage Newspaper Article from 1950s Alabama
Brown VS Board of Education
HIgh Profile court case that allowed a black child to attend a white school.
NAACP Protest
Civil Rights protest
Rosa Parks
Mug shot of the woman who became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement by simply refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
Integration
An integrated classroom. By 1950 in Seattle there were African American women teaching in integrated classrooms
Black Aimed Entertainment
During and after the Segregation-Era, forms of entertainment such as magazines, comics, and romances were publish specifically for an African American audience
Music In The Black Community
Seattle's Jackson Street after hours provided entertainment for soldiers out for a night on the town
Motown Music
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