- Collection:
- Long Civil Rights Movement: Photographs from the Ronnie Moore Papers, 1964 -1972
- Title:
- Rev. M.L. Kirkland in front of Neshoba County courthouse
- Contributor to Resource:
- Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
- Publisher:
- New Orleans, La. : Tulane University Digital Library
- Date of Original:
- 1964-10
- Subject:
- African Americans
Civil rights workers
Civil service
Voter registration
Voting
Workshops
Philadelphia (Miss.) - People:
- Collier, James
Kirkland, M. L. - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Neshoba County, Philadelphia, 32.77152, -89.11673
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Label reads: "Philadelphia, Mississippi, October 1964. James Collier, CORE task force worker and Rev. M.L. Kirkland in front of Neshoba County courthouse. Rev. Kirkland was the first Black registered in the registration drive (making a total of 5 in the county). He had taken the registration test 5 times since 1952, but had never passed. Collier is pinning "I am Registered" pin on Rev. Kirkland."
reference@amistadresearchcenter.org - Metadata URL:
- https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A56640
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Physical rights are retained by the Amistad Research Center. The materials in this exhibition are being made available for personal and scholarly research use only. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. If you are the rightful copyright holder of an item represented in this exhibition and wishes to have it removed, please submit a request to reference@amistadresearchcenter.org including proof of ownership and clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.
- Extent:
- 5 x 7.25 inches
- Contributing Institution:
- Amistad Research Center
- Rights:
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