- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Trial of James Edwards Jr. and others at the Richland County Court House
- Creator:
- The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Tutte, Vic - Date of Original:
- 1961-03-07
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements
Courthouses
Lawyers - People:
- Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988
Jenkins, Lincoln C., Jr., 1920-1986
Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1921-2011 - 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:
- Lawyers proceed into the court room at the Richland County Court House for the case against James Edwards Jr., et al. Edwards and others were arrested for breach of peace following civil rights demonstrations they conducted at the State House on March 2, 1961. Pictured here are several defendants along with attorneys Matthew Perry, wearing glasses, and Lincoln C. Jenkins, in hat and overcoat. State N.A.A.C.P president J. Arthur Brown, with hand raised to his breast pocket, is also in the group.
1401 Sumter Street, Columbia, S.C. - Local Identifier:
- state_267_0303
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm16817.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16817coll21/id/3122
- 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 267, Richland County Court House, negroes being tried for State House demonstrations, crowd gatherings, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
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