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

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

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https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll2/id/62/rec/22

Date

1968-05-20

Description

Press conference with Philadelphia NAACP President Cecil B. Moore following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to not hear an appeal in the Girard College desegregation case. Moore speculates as to whether the Girard trustees will accept African-American students and reflects on the efforts to desegregate the school.

Subjects

Schools

Segregation

Demonstrations

Civil rights

Press conferences

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Organization

Girard College

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Orphans' Court (Philadelphia, Pa.)

United States. Supreme Court

Notes

Sound begins immediately.

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

KYW19680520A_02