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

State Attorney General Walter E. Alessandroni discusses the Girard College desegregation case

Files

Title

Transcription

https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll2/id/73/rec/36

Date

1965-07-22

Description

Original description: Girard College." Press conference with Pennsylvania Attorney General Walter E. Alessandroni following a meeting of the Girard College trustees. Alessandroni discusses some of the legal issues involved in the effort to desegregate Girard College. Also includes silent footage of protesters outside the State Office Building, where the meeting was held."

Subjects

Schools

Segregation

Demonstrations

Civil rights

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Organization

Girard College

Notes

Sound begins at 01:45.

Format

Video

Type

Video and Film

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 a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.

Contact

scrc@temple.edu

Digital Collection

Urban Archives Film and Video

Civil Rights in a Northern City

Desegregation of Girard College

Repository

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives

Digital Publisher

Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries

Identifier

KYW19650722_03