- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- H. Rap Brown
- Creator:
- Trikosko, Marion S.
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsc-01263
- Date of Original:
- 1967
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Maryland--Cambridge
African American civil rights workers--Maryland--Cambridge
Men--Maryland--Cambridge
African American men--Maryland--Cambridge
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Press conferences--Maryland--Cambridge
Microphone--Maryland--Cambridge - People:
- Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943-
- Location:
- United States, Maryland, Dorchester County, Cambridge, 38.56317, -76.07883
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- H. Rap Brown, the final leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, speaks at a press conference in 1967. In 1968 he changed the name of the organization to the Student National Coordinating Committee, marking the group's new willingness to use violence as a means of self-defense.
This photograph shows H. Rap Brown, the final leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, speaking at a press conference in 1967. He wears eyeglasses and has a bandage on his forehead. He gestures with his right hand and index finger while he speaks. In 1968 he changed the name of the organization to the Student National Coordinating Committee, marking the group's new willingness to use violence as a means of self-defense. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/student-nonviolent-coordinating-committee-sncc/m-10138/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688122/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/student-nonviolent-coordinating-committee-sncc
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights: