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

Memorial service held for slain Negro leader

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Title

Date

1963-06-24

Description

Mrs. Nadine Smith takes up a collection at Convention Hall to aid the family of Medgar Evers and to provide bail money for arrested Negro demonstrators. Contributing are (from left) City Council President Paul D'Ortona, State Attorney General Walter E. Alessandroni, Cecil B. Moore, local leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Roy T. Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary.""

Subjects

Civil rights

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

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 the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection (blockson@temple.edu; 215-204-6632).

Contact

scrc@temple.edu

Folder

Moore, Cecil B.--News/Group

Digital Collection

Civil Rights in a Northern City

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs

Repository

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives

Digital Publisher

Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries

Identifier

B428045B