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Education Crusader

Working for Social Justice

Vivian Carter Mason, 1950s

Vivian Carter Mason, 1950s

Women’s Council for Interracial Cooperation

Summary of Women’s Council’s Work for Schools, 1945–1959

Summary of Women’s Council’s Work for Schools, 1945–1959

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.

Vivian Carter Mason, 1954 

Fighting for Equal Education

Norfolk 17 Students at First Baptist Church, 1959

Norfolk 17 Students at First Baptist Church, 1959

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Portrait of Bridget Biddy Mason

Bridget “Biddy” Mason

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Photograph of Workers at the Pacific Parachute Company

The Pacific Parachute Company

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Cover image of "Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South"

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins

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Photograph of Homer G. Philips hospital and students

Homer G. Phillips Hospital and School of Nursing

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