Straw boaters were made daily by Messrs Olney’s of Luton, Bedfordshire in 1933, here the hats are being carried to the packing rooms. (Photo by William Vanderson)
Reverend Carter, expecting a visit from the Klan after he registered to vote, stands guard on his front porch in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana in 1963. He was the first African American in the twentieth century to register to vote in West Feliciana, even though two-thirds of the parish’s residents were black.
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