UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
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Identifier
35160004311149
Creation Date
11-16-1971
Subject—Names
Myrlie Evers
Subject—Topics
Black history; Civil rights
Description
Washington: Mrs. Myrlie Evers, wife of slain black civil rights leader Medgar Evers, (right) was named 11/16 as co-chairman of a national citizens committee to win the 1972 presidential nomination for Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine (left). Mrs. Evers declared Muskie was the only Democrat who can unite the country and the party in a new coalition for fundamental change."
Format
BW photograph, 7.5" x 9.5"
Source
United Press International
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Keywords
African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers