UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

 

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    Identifier

    35160004356383

    Creation Date

    7-12-1963

    Subject—Topics

    Civil Rights Movement

    Description

    Washington: Charging that the current wave of civil rights agitation is Communist-inspired, Gov. Ross Barnett of Mississippi displays a poster-sized photograph which he claimed shows Negro leader Dr. Martin Luther King 'at a Communist training school.' The Governor made the charge in testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee.

    Format

    BW Photograph, 9" x 7"

    Source

    United Press International

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    Keywords

    African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers

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