UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

 

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    Identifier

    35160004311149

    Creation Date

    11-16-1971

    Subject—Names

    Myrlie Evers

    Subject—Topics

    Black history; Civil rights

    Description

    Washington: Mrs. Myrlie Evers, wife of slain black civil rights leader Medgar Evers, (right) was named 11/16 as co-chairman of a national citizens committee to win the 1972 presidential nomination for Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine (left). Mrs. Evers declared Muskie was the only Democrat who can unite the country and the party in a new coalition for fundamental change."

    Format

    BW photograph, 7.5" x 9.5"

    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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