Collection Search

New York School Boycotts

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated February 3, 1964. Features protestors marching across the Brooklyn Bridge, holding posters calling for the end of segregation and for equal opportunity education. Caption...

GLC09733.03

[Photograph of Police Fighting with CORE Demonstrators on Triborough Bridge, New York]

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated March 7, 1964. Image is of police removing Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) demonstrators from New York's Triborough Bridge. Seen in the background are cars in traffic...

GLC09733.04

Civil Rights Demonstrators Block Bridge

One photograph entitled, "Civil Rights Demonstrators Block Bridge," taken by Associated Press dated March 7, 1964. Image is of five demonstrators from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) sitting in the middle of the road blocking the Manhattan...

GLC09733.05

[Photograph of Civil Rights Protest at World Fair Grounds]

One photograph taken by United Press International dated April 4, 1964. Image is of demonstrators lying down in the road outside the Flushing Meadow World's Fairgrounds. There are multiple police officers pictured as well. The caption explains that...

GLC09733.06

Picket Governors Office

One photograph entitled, "Picket Governors Office," taken by the Associated Press dated May 18, 1964. Image is of protesters with signs of New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller's office. Protestors march behind a police line holding/wearing signs...

GLC09733.07

New York

One photograph by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a woman being assisted by three policemen. Wire transfer information states she was injured during a riot in Harlem, described as a "debris-and-missile-throwing melee."...

GLC09733.08

Running From the Police

One photograph entitled, "Running from the Police," taken by the Associated Press dated July 19 1964. Image is of Black residents of Harlem standing back from police officers. The wire transfer information states that the police were using...

GLC09733.09

New York

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Photograph features two images of police officers. The first image is of an officer kneeling behind a tree with his gun drawn. The second image is of a...

GLC09733.10

New York

One telephoto entitled, "New York" taken by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Image is of police officers marking in a line. Also photographed are two residents of Harlem. Wire transfer information states that 300 police officers were...

GLC09733.11

Pistol Wielding Police Clear Harlem Riot Area

One photograph entitled, "Pistol Wielding Police Clear Harlem Riot Area" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a scene during the 1964 Harlem Riot. Pictured are police officers running in front of a theatre while other bystanders...

GLC09733.12