UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

 

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    Identifier

    35160004311479

    Creation Date

    6-17-1963

    Subject—Names

    Medgar Evers

    Subject—Topics

    Desegregation; Civil rights; Black history

    Description

    Washington: The body of slain integration leader Medgar Evers arrived here today and was met by some 1,000 persons who gathered at Union Station to escort the hearse through the streets of the Capital to a funeral home. Evers will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. Here, the hearse pulls out of Union Station. Note Capitol in background.

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    BW photograph, 7" x 9"

    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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