Copyright and Citation Guide

Copyright Permissions

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Citation Guidelines

Citing these pages: Anything quoted from this site must credit Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia, as well as the author, title, and web address.  Here is the recommended citation form: Author, "article title or page title," Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia <http://northerncity.library.temple.edu/ (add the complete URL for the specific page)>

Citing individual items: The following are examples of citations for online photographs, newspaper clippings, documents, oral history interviews, and news film clips in Chicago style:

• John W. Mosley, photograph of NAACP demonstrators at Girard College, June 13, 1965, Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia, accessed May 24, 2011, <http://northerncity.library.temple.edu/ (add the complete URL for the specific photo)>

• Orrin Evans, newspaper article on NAACP protests at Girard College, July 7, 1965, Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia, accessed May 24, 2011, <http://northerncity.library.temple.edu/ (add the complete URL for the specific clipping)>

• Maurice B. Fagan to Leon I. Mesirov, June 25, 1954, Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia, accessed May 24, 2011, <http://northerncity.library.temple.edu/ (add the complete URL for the specific document)>

•  Dr. Kenneth A. Salaam, interview by Diane Turner, May 9, 2011, Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia, accessed May 24, 2011, <http://northerncity.library.temple.edu/ (add the complete URL for the specific interview)>
  
  
• KYW news film clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Girard College, August 3, 1965, Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia, accessed May 24, 2011, <http://northerncity.library.temple.edu/ (add the complete URL for the specific film clip)>