Memorial service held for slain Negro leader

Item

Title
Memorial service held for slain Negro leader
Description
Mrs. Nadine Smith takes up a collection at Convention Hall to aid the family of Medgar Evers and to provide bail money for arrested Negro demonstrators. Contributing are (from left) City Council President Paul D'Ortona, State Attorney General Walter E. Alessandroni, Cecil B. Moore, local leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Roy T. Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary.""
Contact
scrc@temple.edu
Date
1963-06-24
Digital Collection
Civil Rights in a Northern City
George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs
Digital Publisher
Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries
Folder
Moore, Cecil B.--News/Group
Format
Image/jp2
Geographic Subject
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Identifier
B428045B
Item URL
http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=/p15037coll3&CISOPTR=4996&action=2&DMSCALE=25.00000&DMWIDTH=1400&DMHEIGHT=1400
Personal Names
Smith, Nadine
D'Ortona, Paul
Alessandroni, Walter E.
Moore, Cecil B. (Cecil Bassett), 1915-1979
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Repository
Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives
Rights
This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or permission to publish, please contact the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection (blockson@temple.edu; 215-204-6632).
Subject
Civil rights
Type
Photographs