About This Item

  • Call NumberBCMS_0011_0033
  • TitleA group of protesters standing in street holding signs reading: Sponsor: Unity Democtatic Club; I want to live!; Sponsor: Lexington and Lewis and Sumner Block Association; Sponsor: PTA, PS 129; Will I be next?; Brooklyn Congress of Racial Equality, CORE.
  • SummaryA group of adults and children demonstrating in the street for more traffic lights in Bedford-Stuyvesant. They hold picket signs that read: "Sponsor: Unity Democratic Club"; "I want to live!!!"; "Sponsor: Lexington + Lewis + Sumner Avenue Block Association"; "Sponsor: PTA PS 129"; "Will I be next?" "Brooklyn Congress of Racial Equality, CORE."
  • Date1963-01-17
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 6 inches
  • Genreblack-and-white photographs
  • NoteTitle derrived from notes on verso
  • SubjectProtest and social movements ; Citizens' associations ; African Americans--Civil rights ; Civil rights ; Congress of Racial Equality ; Racism ; Anti-racism
  • CollectionRioghan Kirchner Civil Rights in Brooklyn Collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsRioghan Kirchner Civil Rights in Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright Owner[unknown]
  • FolderRioghan Kirchner Civil Rights in Brooklyn Collection ; Box 3, Folder 9