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People in up-scale attire walk down the sidewalk and look into store windows in a vintage photo of a small-town Saturday night.
"Saturday night in Brunswick, the crowds were so thick you couldn't walk on the sidewalks, you had to get off and walk in the streets."
The Way We Worked in Brunswick, Maryland
Artist Allen Johnson wears a brown beret and stands in front of several colorful artworks.
"I was afraid of dead people so I knew I would not make it as a nurse."
The Black Labor Experience in Kent County, Maryland
Road sign
"I refer to Lanesboro as the economic engine of our area."
Rebirth of a Town
A man with a gray shirt walks on a dusty farm road as black cows walk in front of him.
"There’s not a lot of livestock markets left in the country."
Farming, Then and Now, Minnesota
Main Street Lanesboro shows colorful buildings and cars speeding by.
"Lanesboro attracts about 60,000 tourists every year. But what about after tourist season?"
Small Town, Big Changes, Minnesota
The front page of a 1966 local newspaper that reads, School Segregation Banned.
"I felt like it was something that had to be done."
Sports Led the Way: Integration at Belton-Honea Path High School, South Carolina

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