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

Press conference with Roy Wilkins and Cecil B. Moore

Files

Title

Transcription

https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll2/id/85/rec/32

Date

1965-08-05

Description

Original description: Wilkins." This footage consists of clips of NAACP President Roy Wilkins and Philadelphia chapter NAACP President Cecil B. Moore at a press conference during the height of the Girard College protests. Wilkins and Moore discuss the Girard College issue, as well as various civil rights legislation and milestones. Moore also discusses the possibility of another race riot striking Philadelphia and allegations of police brutality."

Subjects

Segregation

Race discrimination

Civil rights

Police

Legislation

Press conferences

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Organization

Girard College

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Notes

Sound begins at 01:56.

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

Columbia Avenue Riots

Repository

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives

Digital Publisher

Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries

Identifier

KYW19650805_02