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Fifteen-year-old Louis Cousins, Maury High School, Norfolk, Va., 1959. history

After ‘Brown v. Board of Education’: Portraits of Integration, Virginia, 1959

Will D. Campbell, alone on the Lorraine Motel balcony, gazes out into the night. "This picture was probably made as soon as we got there," Groskinsky told LIFE.com. "When I saw him standing there, alone, I thought it looked as if he was just asking himsel history

The Night MLK Was Murdered: A Photographer’s Story

Martin Luther King Jr. (seated, at right) watches the Shirelles perform during the Salute to Freedom benefit concert in Birmingham, Ala., August 5, 1963. history

March on Washington: Rare Photos of a Star-Studded Fundraiser, 1963

Defendants Roy Bryant, left, and J.W. Milam during their trial for the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till. history

A Savage Season in Mississippi: The Murder of Emmett Till

LIFE and Civil Rights: Anatomy of a Protest, Virginia, 1960 history

Civil Rights: Preparation and Protest, 1960

African-American students escorted by federal troops, Little Rock Central High School, 1957. history

Brave Hearts: The Little Rock Nine

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