Childress, Richard, 1939-1984 [Sheriff Frank J. Pelz reads court order to pickets]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09717.07 Author/Creator: Childress, Richard, 1939-1984 Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Photograph Date: 16 May 1966 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.4 cm Order a Copy
One black and white photograph taken by Richard Childress dated May 16, 1966. Center of image is of Sheriff Frank J. Pelz reading a court order to people demonstrating in front of the Horizon House apartments. The demonstration was
organized by the Congressional Organization of Racial Equality (CORE) and took place in Baltimore, Maryland. The court order
stated that they were in violation of a recent injunction. This injunction limited when groups of people were allowed to protest.
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