- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Demonstrators at a PCB Protest, 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Demonstrations
Environmental justice - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Warren County, 36.39659, -78.1069
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Demonstrators are shown lying down protesting in front of police officers during a PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyl) protest in Warren County, North Carolina. The protests were in response to North Carolina's plan to develop a landfill in Warren County to dump Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), a dangerous industrial chemical. Information from page 34 of the 30th Annual SCLC Convention Souvenir Journal (auc.199.07321): "Toxic Waste -- Rev. Albert E. Love, SCLC Director of Voter Registration and Administration, shown being arrested after a toxic waste protest in Warren, NC."
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:03086
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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