UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

 

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    Identifier

    35160004384096

    Creation Date

    1-12-1973

    Subject—Topics

    Civil Rights Movement; Education

    Description

    East Lansing, Mich.: Dr. Clifton R. Wharton Jr., President of Michigan State University, talks to friends on the telephone 1/12 after he was elected a member of the Ford Motor Company Board of Directors. Wharton, who became the second Black to sit on an automotive board, has been President of MSU for three years and will not receive any fees for his service with Ford. Instead, the auto company will pay to MSU the fees normally paid to a member of the board.

    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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