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Civil rights demonstrators protest at the Florida Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. Caption on photo reads: (FA4) WORLD'S FAIR, N.Y. April 28 -- FLORIDA PAVILION PICKETED -- Members of the Florida chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality picket the Florida Pavilion at the World's Fair. Police asked the pickets to leave the Fair grounds. They refused and were then taken into the custody of World's Fair police.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protesters at the World's Fair, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Civil rights demonstrators protest at the Florida Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. Caption on photo reads: (FA4) WORLD'S FAIR, N.Y. April 28 -- FLORIDA PAVILION PICKETED -- Members of the Florida chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality picket the Florida Pavilion at the World's Fair. Police asked the pickets to leave the Fair grounds. They refused and were then taken into the custody of World's Fair police.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge en route to demand better educational services for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. Written on verso: Puerto Ricans on the March -- Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, March 1, en route to the Board of Education offices in Brooklyn to press their demands for improved educational facilities for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. The marchers, estimated at more than 2,000, rallied outside city hall and then marched to Brooklyn. Towers of the bridge and part of New York City skyline are in the background.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators Marching Across the Brooklyn Bridge, March 1, 1964
Date Created
1964-03-01
Description
Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge en route to demand better educational services for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. Written on verso: Puerto Ricans on the March -- Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, March 1, en route to the Board of Education offices in Brooklyn to press their demands for improved educational facilities for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. The marchers, estimated at more than 2,000, rallied outside city hall and then marched to Brooklyn. Towers of the bridge and part of New York City skyline are in the background.
Subject
Demonstrations, Protest movements, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series