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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Black Americans, Civil Rights, and the Roosevelts, 1932-1962Saturday, June 3, 2023 - Tuesday, December 31, 2024

A number of Museum artifacts are featured in this special exhibition on Black Americans, civil rights, and the Roosevelts. The exhibit centers the historical voices of many Black community leaders, wartime service members, and ordinary citizens who engaged the Roosevelt administration directly and who pushed for progress. Within this context, the exhibit examines the political evolution of both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt regarding racial justice.

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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Build for the Future
MO 2005.13.36.46.1
William C. Kautz
1945
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Dorie Miller, Hero of Pearl Harbor
MO 2005.12.377
Gurdon S. Howe
1942
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Doris “Dorie” Miller Commemorative Print with Thermometer
MO 2016.5.25
W. I. Peek & Co, Inc.
1942
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Double V Plaque
MO 1948.92.14
Sarner
1942
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Eleanor Roosevelt Statuette
MO 1941.4.13
Leslie Garland Bolling
1940
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Executive Order 8802 Poster
MO 2005.13.40.75
U.S. Government Printing Office
1942
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Statuette
MO 1941.4.12
Leslie Garland Bolling
1940
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Keep Us Flying!
MO 2005.13.36.192.1
Betsy Graves Reyneau
1943
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Our Men Fight for the Right to Vote
MO 2023.3.1
National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax
1944
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Pvt. Joe Louis Says_
MO 2005.13.20.9.1
U.S. Government Printing Office
1942
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Sara Lee Doll
MO 2010.1
Sara Lee Creech
ca. 1951-1953
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Second Thought
MO 1956.290
Dox Thrash
ca. 1939
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