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

Philadelphia NAACP President Cecil B. Moore discusses the Girard College desegregation case

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Transcription

https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll2/id/93/rec/21

Date

1966-09-02

Description

Original description: Moore." Cecil B. Moore comments on Judge Joseph S. Lord's ruling in favor of the desegregation of Girard College and the state of the effort to desegregate the school. Moore also discusses the state of Philadelphia schools and the importance of education to civil rights."

Subjects

Schools

Segregation

Civil rights

Demonstrations

Press conferences

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Organization

Girard College

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Board of Education (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Commission on Human Relations (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Notes

Sound is intermittent. Sound cuts off at 00:40 and resumes at 01:25.

Format

Video

Type

Video and Film

Rights

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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

KYW19660902A_01