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A Seattle march on June 15, 1963. The original caption read: Police Sgt. C.R. Connery chats with Rev. Mance Jackson urging marchers to tighten ranks to avoid traffic problems.

A 17-year-old Civil Rights demonstrator is attacked by a police dog in Birmingham, Ala., on May 3, 1963. This image led the front page of the next day’s New York Times.

Bowie, MD – November, 17: Family photo of Harry T. Moore, right, and wife Harriette, Ft. lauderdale, late 40’s. Their daughter Evangeline Moore, 81, is still seeking justice for the murder of her parents in Florida by a bombing in 1951. (Photo by HANDOUT/The Washington Post)