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Title:Description:Part of a crowd of 25,000 marchers move along Chicago's lakefront in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Equal rights amendments--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--Illinois--Chicago.Geographic subjects:Chicago (Ill.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147164
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Description:Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech on the church's role in the Civil Rights Movement on July 6, 1965, at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ held in Chicago, Illinois, July 1-7, 1965. This speech marked the first time King used the phrase "we shall overcome."Subject names:United Church of Christ. General Synod., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Civil rights--Religious aspects.--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:Chicago (Ill.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143453
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Description:Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is struck by a rock during a march in Chicago on August 5, 1966.Creator:United Press International. (photographer)Subject names:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.Geographic subjects:Chicago (Ill.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7010
