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.
Format
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