Register and Vote, 1964. Photograph by Steve Schapiro. Poster encouraging people to register and vote featuring the images of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner as martyrs for freedom. Photograph in the collection of Miami University Art Museum, Oxford Ohio. Partial gift of the artist and partial purchase with contributions from the Kezur Endowment Fund (2019.23.17).

Greenwood Polling Station, October 1963. Photograph by Matt Herron. Because Mississippi whites claimed African Americans were not interested in voting, organizers sponsored a mock election to prove them wrong. Aaron Henry ran for Governor as part of this "Freedom Vote." Ida Mae Holland (left) later became the playwright, Endesha Holland. © 1976, Matt Herron / Photograph provided by TakeStock.

Threat to Registration, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 22 January 1964. Photograph by Matt Herron. Black citizens filling out voter registration forms at the Forrest County Courthouse Clerk's Office run by Theron Lynd. Sign on the wall indicates the ordeal of public exposure applicants face, a tactic used to discourage Black registration. © 1976, Matt Herron / Photograph provided by TakeStock.

Freedom Now, 1964. Photograph by Steve Schapiro. A Black man is wearing a t-shirt that says "Freedom Now" while he speaks on the phone. Photograph in the collection of Miami University Art Museum, Oxford Ohio. Partial gift of the artist and partial purchase with contributions from the Kezur Endowment Fund (2019.23.8).