- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Title:
- Collection of Press Photographs of African American Civil Rights Leaders and Politicians
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc3x816z049
- Dates:
- 1960s-1980s
- Size:
- 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box B-001853
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of a collection of forty-eight publicity and wire service press photographs of African American civil rights leaders and politicians issued between the 1960s and the 1980s.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
Consists of a collection of forty-eight publicity and wire service press photographs of African American civil rights leaders and politicians issued between the 1960s and the 1980s. These images show Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King (3 images), Dr. Leon H. Sullivan, Maynard Jackson, Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, Walter Washington, Vernon Jordan, Roy Innes, James Farmer, Sidney Poitier, Floyd McKissick, Thurgood Marshall, Patricia Harris, Roy Wilkins, Coleman Young, Dick Gregory, Dr. Nathan H. Wright, Eldridge Cleaver, Benjamin Hooks, Bobby Seale, Charles Evers (3 images), Whitney Young (3 images), Charles Rangel (2 images), Jesse Jackson (10 images), and Andrew Young (8 images). The majority of the photographs have captions, press sheets, or are otherwise identified. The collector is unknown.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchased from Ian Brabner Rare Books in 2022 (AM 2022-116).
- Appraisal
No materials were removed from the collection during 2022 processing.
- Sponsorship:
Processing of this collection was sponsored by the Delafield fund.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Kelly Bolding in April 2022. Finding aid written by Kelly Bolding in April 2022, incorporating description provided by the dealer.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. No further duplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Special Collections Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Collection of Press Photographs of African American Civil Rights Leaders and Politicians; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc3x816z049
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box B-001853
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- African American civil rights workers -- History -- 20th century -- photographs
African American politicians -- History -- 20th century -- photographs
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century - Genre Terms:
- photographs -- 20th century.
- Names:
- Evers, Charles, 1922-2020
Harris, Patricia, 1924-1985
Jackson, Jesse
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Rangel, Charles
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Young, Whitney M. (1921-1971) - Places:
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- photographs
