Papers prepared for the Illinois Constitutional Convention by the Constitutional Research Group.

Crowds of people in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse to demonstrate against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, March 17, 1965.

Summary of the Galesburg Conference on Civil Rights held in Galesburg, Illinois on February 12, 1948.

Hands holding during a civil rights demonstration in Selma or Montgomery, Alabama, March 1965.

Crowds of people in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse to demonstrate against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, March 17, 1965.

Mayor Richard J. Daley seated with a group of African American ministers discussing civil rights. Transcribed from back of photo: Cornell Capa, 196 Magnum Photos, 72 West 45th Street, N.Y.C. 36

View of a crowd at a civil rights rally. A number of signs with UAW in large letters are visible.

Crowds of people in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse to demonstrate against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, March 17, 1965.

A nun holding a Bible during a civil rights demonstration in Selma or Montgomery, Alabama, March 1965.

Image of a woman standing on a street corner during a civil rights demonstration in Monroe, North Carolina, 1961. She is holding a sign that reads: No man should be too white or too rich to pay for hi…

Program agenda from the Galesburg Community Conference on Civil Rights held in Galesburg, Illinois on February 12, 1948. The conference, sponsored by many local organizations and the Illinois Interrac…

Crowds of people in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse to demonstrate against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, March 17, 1965.

Image of a man at a civil rights demonstration on the streets of Monroe, North Carolina, 1961. He is carrying sign that reads: Who Runs Monroe? The Klan or The Mayor? A police officer is visible behin…

Crowds of people in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse to demonstrate against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, March 17, 1965.

Crowds of people in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse to demonstrate against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, March 17, 1965.

Image of a woman at a civil rights demonstration on the streets of Monroe, North Carolina, 1961. She is carrying sign that reads: Taxes Bring Industry Where Negroes Cannot Work.

People holding up flags amidst crowds of people in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse to demonstrate against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, March 17, 1965.

A man holding a sign that reads: One Man, One Vote - Alabama State College, during a civil rights demonstration in Selma or Montgomery, Alabama, March 1965.

Two women amidst crowds of people demonstrating against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, March 17, 1965.

Crowds of people in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse to demonstrate against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, March 17, 1965.