- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African American civil rights workers
Political participation - Location:
- United States, New Jersey, Atlantic County, Atlantic City, 39.36415, -74.42306
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Aaron Henry, the leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegation, greets delegates at they get off a bus. Caption on photo reads: (AC5) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Aug. 21 -- MISSISSIPPI 'FREEDOM' GROUP ARRIVES -- Aaron Henry, right, head of the new "Freedom Democratic Party," greets members of the delegation who arrived in Atlantic City today hoping to be seated at the Democratic national convention in place of the regular Mississippi delegation. The delegation, consisting of 64 Negroes and four whites, arrived after a 24-hour bus trip.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:04828
- 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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