Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia > Desegregation of Girard College

Civil rights demonstrators at State Office Building

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Title

Date

1965-07-12

Photographer

Mosley, John W.

Description

Protestors gather outside the State Office Building at Broad and Spring Garden streets, where Governor Scranton and Mayor Tate are meeting with representatives from Girard College to discuss the school's segregationist admissions policy.

Subjects

Schools

Segregation

Demonstrations

Civil rights

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Organization

Girard College

State Office Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Notes

With description

Format

Image/jp2

Type

Photographs

Rights

This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection (blockson@temple.edu; 215-204-6632).

Contact

blockson@temple.edu

Folder

Mosley, John W.--Photographs--Girard College Protest

Digital Collection

John W. Mosley Photographs

Civil Rights in a Northern City

Desegregation of Girard College

Repository

Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection

Digital Publisher

Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries

Identifier

BPA001x1019650712027