- Collection:
- Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Project
- Title:
- NAACP parade for Medgar Evers, June 24, 1963
- Date of Original:
- 1963
- Subject:
- African Americans--Oregon--Portland
Parades--Oregon--Portland
Civil rights demonstrations--Oregon--Portland
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Civil rights workers--Oregon--Portland
African American civil rights workers--Oregon--Portland
Clergy--Oregon--Portland
Signs and signboards--Oregon--Portland - People:
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
- Location:
- United States, Oregon, Multnomah County, Portland, 45.52345, -122.67621
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Members of the NAACP march in parade for Medgar Evers who was murdered just days earlier on June 12, 1963 by Byron de la Beckwith. The parade served as a memorial for Evers as well as a demonstration of solidarity among those in the civil rights movement. Both African Americans and whites participate in the march including members of the clergy. The parade is lead by one lone drummer. Many of the marchers hold posters or signs.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Local Identifier:
- File 113-A
- Metadata URL:
- https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/wsuvan1/id/538
- IIIF manifest:
- https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/iiif/2/wsuvan1:538/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- Oregon Historical Society, Photographic Services 1200 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205; PHOTOORDERS@OHS.ORG; phone number 503-306-5250; FAX 503-492-6001.
- Contributing Institution:
- Oregon Historical Society
- Rights:
-
