- Collection:
- Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century Information: Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Title:
- 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
- Subject:
- Presidents--United States
Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights workers--United States
African American civil rights workers--United States - People:
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Granger, Lester B. (Lester Blackwell), 1896-1976
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Morrow, E. Frederic (Everett Frederic), approximately 1906-1994
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
Rogers, William P. (William Pierce), 1913-2001
Siciliano, Rocco C.
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981 - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Black-and-white photograph from a June 23, 1958 meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and members of his administration and African American civil rights leaders. African American civil rights leaders had sought the meeting with President Eisenhower and his administration in order to encourage support of the civil rights movement.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/record.php?id=545
- Original Collection:
- Collection: Records of the National Park Service, Series: White House Albums.
- Contributing Institution:
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
- Rights:
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