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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
Policewomen Arresting Protester in New York City, April 22, 1964
Date Created
1964-04-22
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations
Collection
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
Ely Landau, Ruby Dee, Paul Newman, and Sidney Lumet, 1970
Date Created
1970
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American actors, African American entertainers, Human rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
"The Voting Rights Act, What It Means How To Make It Work For You" booklet explaining the history and sections of the Voting Rights Act and their importance.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"The Voting Rights Act, What It Means How To Make It Work For You", 1983
Date Created
1983-12
Description
"The Voting Rights Act, What It Means How To Make It Work For You" booklet explaining the history and sections of the Voting Rights Act and their importance.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Political participation, Voting, Civil rights movements
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Senate Unit Backs Voting Rights Bill" article on the approving on a compromise version of the voting rights act.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Senate Unit Backs Voting Rights Bill", May 5, 1982
Date Created
1982-05-05
Description
"Senate Unit Backs Voting Rights Bill" article on the approving on a compromise version of the voting rights act.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Political participation, Voting, Civil rights movements
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
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
Excerpts from a speech by Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Ralph D. Abernathy delivered at the Felt Forum in New York City, New York. 7 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Excerpts of Speech at the Felt Forum, January 14, 1971
Date Created
1971-01-14
Description
Excerpts from a speech by Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Ralph D. Abernathy delivered at the Felt Forum in New York City, New York. 7 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Special events, Speeches
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
A poster titled "Don't Buy At Woolworth" calls for Black and White people to have sit-in protests at Woolworth's lunch counters because of the separated counters by race and color. The poster highlights the challenges faced by protesting students, including mass arrests, fines, threats of expulsion, and encounters with racist individuals. It emphasizes the students' motivation to fight against segregation, which deprives African Americans of equal opportunities and dignity, and calls for a boycott of Woolworth stores to pressure the national chain to end racial segregation policies. The document encourages joining CORE to support the picket lines against Jim Crow laws. 2 pages.
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
"Don't Buy At Woolworth", circa 1960
Date Created
1958/1962
Creator
Congress of Racial Equality
Description
A poster titled "Don't Buy At Woolworth" calls for Black and White people to have sit-in protests at Woolworth's lunch counters because of the separated counters by race and color. The poster highlights the challenges faced by protesting students, including mass arrests, fines, threats of expulsion, and encounters with racist individuals. It emphasizes the students' motivation to fight against segregation, which deprives African Americans of equal opportunities and dignity, and calls for a boycott of Woolworth stores to pressure the national chain to end racial segregation policies. The document encourages joining CORE to support the picket lines against Jim Crow laws. 2 pages.
Subject
Political posters, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights, African American student movements, Groups and organizations, Protest movements
Collection
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism