- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Palmetto Education Association Convention
- Creator:
- The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Schneidmiller, Stan - Date of Original:
- 1956-03-22
- Subject:
- Township Auditorium (Columbia, S.C.)
Teachers - People:
- Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, addresses the Palmetto Education Association at the Township Auditorium. The Association is composed of African-American teachers and administrators in the state's public schools. Dr. Mays is the featured speaker at the Association's convention. Also visible on the stage sitting with arms crossed by the state flag is J. Arthur Brown, president of the South Carolina chapter of the NAACP.
1703 Taylor Street, Columbia, S.C. - Local Identifier:
- state_010_0064
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm16817.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16817coll21/id/1836
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
- Original Collection:
- Box 10, Palmetto Education Association's Convention, Negro Teachers, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
-
