Granger, Lester B. (Lester Blackwell), 1896-1976

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As national executive secretary of the National Urban League from 1941 to 1961, Lester Granger was a champion of integration and equal treatment for African Americans. Granger and King became acquainted in 1957, and the following year they and other civil rights leaders met with President Dwight Eisenhower to push for civil rights reform. -- King Encyclopedia, Stanford University

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Granger, Lester B. (Lester Blackwell), 1896-1976

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Photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower at a White House meeting to discuss civil rights issues

Creator:: United States. National Park Service
Date of Original:: 1958-06-23
Collection:: Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century Information: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Contributing Institution:: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of civil rights leaders visiting with president Dwight D. Eisenhower and A. Philip Randolph, vice president of the AFL-CIO speaks to reporters about the visit, Washington D.C., 1958 June 23

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1958-06-23
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Granger, Lester B. (Lester Blackwell), 1896-1976

Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century Information: Dwight D. Eisenhower

WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection