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DimensionsSheet: 8 3/16 x 9 15/16 in. (20.8 x 25.2 cm)
Image: 6 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (17.5 x 24.4 cm)
Accession Number 2024.220
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsCVL-LDR-029 (verso l,l graphite) 2000 (verso l,l graphite)
MarksRSJ 82077 (verso c,l blue stamped ink) MAY 16 1969 (verso center red stamped ink)
Reverend Ralph Abernathy and members of his Poor People's Campaign, who sought unsuccessfully to speak with Agriculture Secretary Hardin at the Agriculture Department spoke to an "empty chair" (which they brought with them and placed on the sidewalk outside the Department) when the Cabinet member was not available. Here, after the "conference," Abernathy and members of group file past the empty chair to "shake hands" with the absent Secretary, Washington D.C., May 14, 1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
Police Clear Resurrection City: Police search two residents of Resurrection City, Poor People's Campaign camp, today as they took possession of the area. About 50 arrests were made at the camp, where the residents had been told they could no longer stay on public land. At the Capitol, other police arrested the Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, the campaign leader, Washington DC, June 24, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Callers at the Capitol: Civil rights leader Reverend Ralph Abernathy, right, and A.D. King, brother of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, are shown on the steps of the Capitol discussing the second day of the Poor People's March. Dr. King was assassinated April 4, April 30, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A group of prominent Negroes tried unsuccessfully to meet with President Nixon at the White House to discuss black capitalism. Members of the group talk with reporters outside the White House. They are left to right: Floyd McKissick (with fur hat); Jackie Robinson, former baseball player, (center); and Dr. Walter Cooper, Rochester, New York, January 25, 1969
Unknown
1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Near Taegu, Korea: South Korean soldiers receive bayonet instruction from members of the United States 7th Cavalry between battles against the North Korean forces. Free time available is spent in this fashion to help make the South Korean a better soldier for combat, August 30, 1950
1950
Image Not Available for Leads Poor Campaign: Civil rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy wipes his face during his appearance before a Senate Labor and Public Welfare subcommittee in Washington, April 20, 1968. Abernathy is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and successor to the assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Washington D.C., April 30, 1968
Leads Poor Campaign: Civil rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy wipes his face during his appearance before a Senate Labor and Public Welfare subcommittee in Washington, April 20, 1968. Abernathy is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and successor to the assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Washington D.C., April 30, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
White, Negro Pupils Get Instructions: H. B. Sanders, right, gives instructions to members of a 10th grade class at McKinley Technical High School as the new District of Columbia public school term opens today. White and negro pupils are members of the class. heretofore public schools in the nation's capital were segregated. A school official said some 400 Negroes have enrolled in previously all-white McKinley High, one of the city's larger schools, September 13, 1954
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1954
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Two Members of One of America's Most Oppressed Minorities - Mexicans in San Antonio, Texas - Who Do Not Lead Cheerless Lives
Peter Sekaer
1939
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
On The Way Out: One of several persons ejected from the hearing room is carried bodily by officers today as the probe of anti-Vietnam war activities by the House-Un-American Activities Committee erupted with turmoil as loud challenges were shouted at the members of the committee. At least eight persons were carried or dragged from the room, Washington DC, August 16, 1966
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1966
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Putting the Commission in Business: President Johnson today signs an executive order spelling out the authority of his special Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. Flanking him are Governor Otto Kerner, left, of Illinois, the chairman of the group, and Mayor John Lindsay of New York, vice chairman. Behind are some of the commission members. From left: Representative William McCulloch, Republican-Ohio; Senator Fred Harris, Democrat-Oklahoma; Vice President Humphrey; Katherine Graham Peden, Kentucky commerce commissioner; Police Chief Herbert Jenkins of Atlanta, Georgia; and Senator Edward Brooke, Republican-Massachusetts, July 29, 1967
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1967
Image Not Available for Under Police Surveillance: Members of the American Nazi Party carry out their own demonstration today under close police surveillance. The swastika-wearing marchers showed up at the White House about the time Negro demonstrators were scheduled to arrive. Police hustled off the Nazis to the next block up Pennsylvania Avenue where they were permitted to march in a tight circle, June 14, 1963
Under Police Surveillance: Members of the American Nazi Party carry out their own demonstration today under close police surveillance. The swastika-wearing marchers showed up at the White House about the time Negro demonstrators were scheduled to arrive. Police hustled off the Nazis to the next block up Pennsylvania Avenue where they were permitted to march in a tight circle, June 14, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Key figures in the Southern bloc of about 75 House members who have pledged themselves to fight Civil Rights when it comes up on House floor on March 10th are shown as they conferred following a luncheon conference. Left to right: Representatives John Bell Williams (D-Mississippi), John L. Flynt (D-Georgia) and Dale Alford (D-Arkansas), Washington D.C., March 9, 1960
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1960