UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

 

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    Identifier

    35160004356680

    Creation Date

    9-30-1971

    Subject—Names

    Jesse Jackson

    Subject—Topics

    Civil Rights Movement

    Description

    Chicago: Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes (L) and Rev. Jesse Jackson, national head of Operation Breadbasket, chat together before Mayor Stokes delivered an address in connection with Black Expo in Chicago 9/30. Mayor Stokes called for a 'black political strategy for 1972' which 'may mean the actual running of a black person for president.' Black Expo is a commercial exposition at Chicago's International Amphitheatre, which is sponsored by Operation Breadbasket.

    Format

    BW Photograph, 11" x 8.5"

    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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