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New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller is shown standing with Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson at the Testimonial Dinner held for Robinson at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on July 20, 1962.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jackie and Rachel Robinson are shown standing behind a podium with Branch Rickey at the Testimonial Dinner held for Robinson at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on July 20, 1962.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A civil rights demonstrator is arrested in New York City in an effort to block traffic to the World's Fair. Caption on photo reads: (FA12) NEW YORK, APRIL 22 - POLICEWOMEN HOLD DEMONSTATOR - Two New York City policewomen hold demonstrator after police broke up an attempt by civil rights demonstrators to block a road near the main entrance to the New York World's Fair this morning. Civil rights demonstrators trying to block traffic to the fair's opening ceremonies lay down on the street and at least one car was reported stalled and pushed out of the way by  police.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Producer Ely Landau and film stars Ruby Dee and Paul Newman are shown conversing with director Sidney Lumet. Attached caption reads: STARS WORK FOR KING TRIBUTE -- Photo left to right: Producer Ely Landau, and film stars Ruby Dee and Paul Newman confer with director Sidney Lumet in New York City just prior to filming special dramatic reading sequences for the two-and-a-half-hour motion picture film: "KING: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis", scheduled to be shown on Tuesday evening, March 24th at 8:00 P.M. on a one-time only simultaneous showing in more than one thousand theaters across the country. Tickets are $5 tax-deductible. Total proceeds will go into the Martin Luther King Jr. Special Fund which will seek through its program to support Dr. King's principles and ideals of using non-violent methods in the war on poverty and illiteracy and the struggle for civil and human rights for all peoples.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jackie and Rachel Robinson are shown standing with Nelson Rockefeller and others guests at the Testimonial Dinner held for Robinson at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on July 20, 1962.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series