7 March 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [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. Wire transfer information states that CORE staged a protest concerning conditions in East Harlem schools, on the bridge blocking traffic.

GLC09733.04

7 March 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: 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 approach to the Triborough Bridge. CORE dumped garbage on the bridge in protest of conditions in East Harlem schools.

GLC09733.05

4 April 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [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 police soon removed the protestor and that 28 people were arrested including the leader of the school boycott movement, Rev. Milton A. Galamison.

GLC09733.06

18 May 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: 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 that asking for schools to be integrated. Wire transfer information states that protests took place on the Brown v. Board of Education decision's tenth anniversary.

GLC09733.07

19 July 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: 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." Riots took place after the fatal shooting of James Powell, a Black teenager, by a white off-duty police officer Thomas Gilligan. Rioters used bottles, clubs, bricks and Molotov cocktails against 300 policemen. Text indicates that the picture should not be used within 60 miles of New York City.

GLC09733.08

19 July 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: 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 nightsticks to break up a crowd that gathered for the funeral of James Powell.

GLC09733.09

19 July 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: 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 police officer walking on 7th Ave and W. 131 Street holding a gun and nightstick.

GLC09733.10

19 July 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: 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 patrolling an area in Harlem.

GLC09733.11

19 July 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: 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 run away from them. Two people are laying down on the ground.

GLC09733.12

19 July 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Police Lead Negro From Harlem Riot Scene

One photograph entitled, "Police Lead Negro From Harlem Riot Scene" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a police officer lading a cuffed Black man by the arm past a line of police officers. Wire transfer information states that the arrest followed riots in Harlem.

GLC09733.13

19 July 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Equality in Harlem

One photograph entitled, "Equality in Harlem" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a barricade blocking residents on the corner of 7th Avenue and W. 133rd Street. Wire transfer information states that the barricade was an attempt to prevent further violence from riots.

GLC09733.14

19 July 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Harlem Riot Scene

One photograph entitled, "Harlem Riot Scene" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a crowd in Harlem. A police van and parked cars are in front of them and traffic is behind them. Wire transfer information states that the protest took place following the fatal shooting of James Powell, a Black teenager shot by a white off-duty police officer Thomas Gilligan.

GLC09733.15

19 July 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Steel Store Front Guard Ripped Off By Rioters

One photograph entitled, "Steel Store Front Guard Ripped Off by Rioters," taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a steel fence ripped off during a riot. Wire transfer information states that fence was in front of a pawnshop in Harlem.

GLC09733.16

13 June 1967

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Washington

One telephoto of entitled, "Washington," taken by United Press International dated June 13, 1967. Image is cartoon of a tailor giving Thurgood Marshall his robe. On the robe is text that reads, "First Negro on the Supreme Court." A caption above the cartoon reads, "Should be a good fit...it took us 177 years to make."

GLC09741.02

19 July 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: New York

One photograph entitled, "New York" taken by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a police officer looking at a brocken store front window of a furniture store, damaged during the Harlem riots. Wire transfer information claims that people smashed windows with "missiles," and that 30 people were arrested.

GLC09733.17

19 July 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Clean-Up After Harlem Riot

One photograph entitled, "Clean-Up After Harlem Riot" taken by Associated Press dated July 19, 1964. Image is of three residents and police officers surveying the damage of a pawn shop, Isaac Leon Corp. Wire transfer information states that damages to the pawn shop followed riots after a 15-year old Black boy, James Powell, was fatally shot by an off-duty police officer, Thomas R. Gilligan.

GLC09733.18

20 July 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: New York

One wirephoto entitled, "New York" by United Press International dated July 20, 1964. Image is of police removing ammunition and weapons from truck. On the sidewalk, two people watch the police. Wire transfer information states that people threw debris and Molotov cocktails during the Harlem riots.

GLC09733.19

20 July 1964

unknown, fl. 1964

Photograph

Title: Beefed-Up Police Force Near the Funeral of Negro Boy

One photograph entitled, "Beefed-Up Police Force Near the Funeral of Negro Boy" dated July 20, 1964. Image is of people behind a barricade. A group of police officers stands on the other side of the barricade. A newspaper clipping is pasted on the reverse side. The caption reads, "A rain of bottles fell from the rooftops in Harlem yesterday."

GLC09733.20

26 July 1964

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: [Map of Protests in New York State]

One photograph dated July 22, 1964. Image is of a map of New York state and the surrounding area with markers over Rochester and New York City highlighting recent protests against police brutality.. A note on the back reads "Racial Map."

GLC09733.32

1956-1995

Header Record

Title: [Portrait photographs of Rosa Parks] [Decimalized .01-.07]

Collection of seven photographs of activist, Rosa Parks dates range from 1956-1955. Includes Parks speaking at events in the 1990s, press photographs of Parks aboard a bus on Montgomery, Alabam in 1956 prior to her arrest, and Parks in the sheriff's office where D.H. Lackey took her fingerprints.

GLC09778

1948

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, Annual Report for 1948

One pamphlet entitled, "The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, NAACP Annual Report for 1948." Topics covered are government branches, housing, education, suffrage, transportation, legal criminal cases, issues, political action, public relations, lynchings in 1948, financial expenses, veteran affairs and the church.

GLC09640.124.01

1948

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, Annual Report for 1948

One pamphlet entitled, "The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, NAACP Annual Report for 1948." Topics covered are government branches, housing, education, suffrage, transportation, legal criminal cases, issues, political action, public relations, lynchings in 1948, financial expenses, veteran affairs and the church.

GLC09640.124.02

June 1950

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: American Rights for American Citizens, Annual NAACP Report Forty-First Year

One pamphlet entitled "American Rights for American Citizens, Annual NAACP Report Forty-First Year," dated 1950. Highlights an award given to Ralph J. Bunche; current conditions of housing; relationship between the NAACP, the church, and the armed services; the 40th annual convention; lynchings in 1949; and finances.

GLC09640.126

20 June 1950

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: "NAACP: A Record of Leadership"

One pamphlet entitled "NAACP: A Record of Leadership," dated June 20, 1950. Highlights the program scheduling for the 41st Annual NAACP Convention. Details meeting times, and mass schedules at the Union Methodist Church for the week.

GLC09640.128

June 1951

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Civil Rights at Mid-Century, NAACP Annual Report, Forty-second Year, 1950

One pamphlet entitled, "Civil Rights at Mid-Century, NAACP Annual Report, Forty-second Year, 1950," dated 1951. Highlights the 1950 Supreme Court ruling on "separate but equal," which made impacts on cases on segregation in education, discrimination in an insurance company, youth group participation, published literature, and posters.

GLC09640.129