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Civil Rights Demonstration

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Title:Civil Rights Demonstration
Date:1960 Dec.
Description:

View of an unidentified woman wearing a sign protesting segregated facilities outside of Rich's department store in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Protests; civil rights movement

In December of 1960 African Americans, perhaps students attending Atlanta University Center colleges and universities, protested racial segregation policies of Rich's Department Store by picketing in front of the Rich's store in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Types:Black-and-white photographs
Subjects:Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta--History--1951- | Civil rights movements--Georgia--Atlanta--History--1951- | Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations--History--1951- | African Americans--Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta | Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta | African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta | Women--Georgia--Atlanta | African American women--Georgia--Atlanta | African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964 | African Americans--Civil Rights--Georgia--Atlanta | Clothing and dress--Georgia--Atlanta | African Americans--Clothing | Department stores--Georgia--Atlanta | Cities and towns--Georgia--Atlanta | Signs and signboards--Georgia--Atlanta | Picketing | Race relations | Discrimination in public accommodations--Georgia--Atlanta | Automobiles--Georgia--Atlanta | Streets--Georgia--Atlanta | Rich's (Retail store) | African American college students--Georgia--Atlanta | College students--Georgia--Atlanta | African American women civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta | Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta | Central business districts--Georgia--Atlanta | Direct action--Georgia--Atlanta | Protest marches--Georgia--Atlanta | Passive resistance--Georgia--Atlanta | Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta University Center (Ga.)--Students | Stores, Retail--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.)
Collection:William Stanford, Sr. Photographs, 1960
Institution:Atlanta History Center
Contributors:Atlanta History Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Online Publisher:2006
Original Material:

8 x 10 in. silver gelatin print

William Stanford Sr. Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.

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