- Collection:
- Indianapolis recorder
- Title:
- Children Join in Poor Peoples Crusade
- Creator:
- Indianapolis recorder (Firm)
- Date of Original:
- 1968-05-11
- Subject:
- Civil rights demonstrations--Indiana--Indianapolis
African American civil rights workers--Indiana--Indianapolis
African American children--Indiana--Indianapolis
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Poverty--Indiana--Indianapolis
Poor--Indiana--Indianapolis
Signs and signboards--Indiana--Indianapolis - Location:
- United States, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, 39.76838, -86.15804
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Children are gathered near St. John's Missionary Baptist Church, the headquarters for the Poor People's Drive. They are carrying signs about the war on poverty.
The march was sponsored by the local affiliate of the SCLC. Approximately 1,200 people participated in the march through the downtown area. - Metadata URL:
- https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p0303/id/210
- IIIF manifest:
- https://images.indianahistory.org/iiif/2/p0303:210/manifest.json
- Original Collection:
- Indianapolis Recorder Collection, P 0303, Indiana Historical Society
- Contributing Institution:
- Indiana Historical Society
- Rights:
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