UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
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Identifier
35160004384088
Creation Date
4-26-1968
Subject—Names
Stokely Carmichael; H. Rap Brown
Subject—Topics
Civil Rights Movement
Description
New York: While sit-in demonstrators watch from inside building, black power advocates Stokely Carmichael (left) and H. Rap Brown (right) talk to newsmen April 26th at main entrance to Hamilton Hall, one of five Columbia University buildings taken over by the demonstrators. Brown said: 'These students are resisting the university's racist policies. Hamilton Hall is a black fortress.' Brown and Carmichael eluded a police cordon at the campus entrance to join the 150 Negro sit-ins at the hall.
Format
BW Photograph, 10" x 8"
Source
United Press International
Keywords
African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers