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DimensionsSheet: 8 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (22.5 x 17.1 cm)
Image: 7 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. (19.7 x 16.2 cm)
Accession Number 2024.209
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsCVL-DC-070 (verso u,l graphite) 2000 (verso u,l graphite) 2 col x 5" deep 10 30 (verso u,c graphite)
MarksRSL 02415 (verso u,c blue stamped ink) MAR 17 1965 (verso c,r red stamped ink) NOTICE This picture is the property of The Associated Press and may be used only for the purposes of reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may not be syndicated, printed or loaned, or used for advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. The following credit must be printed under each reproduction of this picture: ASSOCIATED PRESS WIREPHOTO REG U.S. PATENT OFFICE (verso center black stamped ink)
Attend Washington Service: Mrs. James J. Reeb and her son John, 13, are on their way to attend a memorial service for her husband at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington today. The Reverend Mr. Reeb, a victim of the Selma, Alabama racial violence, was a former associate pastor of the church, March 13, 1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Image Not Available for Several Hundred demonstrators marched on the Washington State Capitol Sunday in protest over treatment of Negroes in the South and the slaying of the Reverend James Reeb, Boston Unitarian minister, in Selma, Alabama last week. A letter from Governor Dan Evans was read to the throng. The governor decried the situation in the South, but warned against smugness in this state, saying much needs to be done, March 16, 1965
Several Hundred demonstrators marched on the Washington State Capitol Sunday in protest over treatment of Negroes in the South and the slaying of the Reverend James Reeb, Boston Unitarian minister, in Selma, Alabama last week. A letter from Governor Dan Evans was read to the throng. The governor decried the situation in the South, but warned against smugness in this state, saying much needs to be done, March 16, 1965
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1965
Image Not Available for Mrs. Coretta Scott King, widow of the late Martin Luther King Jr., rehearses in Constitution Hall for her narration of Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" which she will give February 12th as a part of Abraham Lincoln's 160th birthday anniversary celebration, which President Nixon plans to attend. At right is the celebrated composer, Washington, February 11, 1969
Mrs. Coretta Scott King, widow of the late Martin Luther King Jr., rehearses in Constitution Hall for her narration of Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" which she will give February 12th as a part of Abraham Lincoln's 160th birthday anniversary celebration, which President Nixon plans to attend. At right is the celebrated composer, Washington, February 11, 1969
Unknown
1969
Image Not Available for Mrs. Coretta Scott King narrates Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" during a Memorial Day concert, by the Washington National Symphony, dedicated to her late husband, Martin Luther King Jr. on May 31. The concert was originally scheduled to be held at the Lincoln Memorial May 30, where the Poor People's Campaign is encamped. Seated at left is Howard Mitchell, music director, Washington DC, June 1, 1968
Mrs. Coretta Scott King narrates Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" during a Memorial Day concert, by the Washington National Symphony, dedicated to her late husband, Martin Luther King Jr. on May 31. The concert was originally scheduled to be held at the Lincoln Memorial May 30, where the Poor People's Campaign is encamped. Seated at left is Howard Mitchell, music director, Washington DC, June 1, 1968
Unknown
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Witness Table Huddle: The Reverend Ralph Abernathy, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and leader of the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, leans over today at the witness table for a whispered word with Mrs. Alberta Scott of Baltimore, Maryland, one of the participants in the campaign. They appeared before a Senate Labor and Public Welfare subcommittee during hearings on emergency employment legislation, Washington DC, April 30, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Of Mississippi Matters: Aaron Henry, Mississippi president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, appears today before a House Judiciary Subcommittee. Henry a close associate of slain negro leader Medgar W. Evers, was called to testify on racial problems in Mississippi. The subcommittee is holding hearings on proposed civil rights legislation, Washington DC, June 13, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Mrs. Nhu Blames U.S. For Coup: Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu tells a news conference in Beverly Hills today that she blames the United States for the military coup which deposed her ruling family in South Vietnam, November 2, 1963
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Negro Leaders Testify: Grant Reynolds (left), New York State Commissioners of Correction, and A. Philip Randolph, head of the sleeping car porters' union, testify today before the senate Armed Services Committee. Randolph said millions of Negroes will refuse to register or serve under draft and military training unless racial segregation and discrimination are ended. Reynolds said he would follow any program proposed by Randolph, Washington DC, March 31, 1948
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1948
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Vance Muse Testifies at Lobby Probe: Vance Muse, of Texas, manager of the Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitution, was photographed as he testified before the Senate Lobby Investigation, here, today. Mr. Muse revealed the names of some of the contributors to the Southern Committee, and admitted that he had caused pictures of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt "entering a Negro meeting with two Negro escorts" to be distributed through the South, Washington DC, April 15, 1936
Unknown
1936
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The half-naked body of this victim was found in a cleaning of the woods near the Hudson River and the George Washington Bridge, the homicide squad had to first find her identity and then locate the murderer, NYC
Leonard Freed
1975
Image Not Available for Public schools of Washington opened their doors today to 98,000 school children on a partially non-segregated basis to begin the process of integration, which is expected to be completed within a year. At Thompson Elementary school formerly for white children only a group of pupils studies a poster urging all to work together. Front left to right: Saundra Green, 11; Fred Austin, 11; Demos Georganos, 11, and Athy Georganos, 8. Rear left to right: Caroal Canady, 10 and her sister Shirley, 8, September 13, 1954
Public schools of Washington opened their doors today to 98,000 school children on a partially non-segregated basis to begin the process of integration, which is expected to be completed within a year. At Thompson Elementary school formerly for white children only a group of pupils studies a poster urging all to work together. Front left to right: Saundra Green, 11; Fred Austin, 11; Demos Georganos, 11, and Athy Georganos, 8. Rear left to right: Caroal Canady, 10 and her sister Shirley, 8, September 13, 1954
Unknown
1954
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A Christmas Eve service in the church of the Nativity. The Grand Patriarch of Jerusalem moves towards the altar, Bethlehem
George Rodger
1952
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
I am here to promote the new Concorde service. Air France has already purchased four of these planes and has just established service between Paris and Rio, Caracas and Washington, D.C. This is the greatest and the most beautiful aircraft ever built. It can travel at Mach 2 and it will change the way we think about flying forever. I am proud to represent the future., from the "Working" series
Bill Owens
1974-1976, printed 2006