- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Incident in Rochester, New York, July 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964-07
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Race relations
Civil rights movements - Location:
- United States, New York, Monroe County, Rochester, 43.15478, -77.61556
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The two photos show a conflict between a group of African Americans at a residence and police in Rochester, New York. Caption on photo reads: (RU1) ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 27 -- INCIDENT IN ROCHESTER: NO. 1 -- This is the beginning of a clash in Rochester yesterday afternoon between Negroes and police officials. At top Negroes yell at police. Later missiles were thrown at officers. Bottom shows fire hoses turned on house's porch. Woman stands her ground as companions duck behind porch's wall.
The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:04604
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199
Series: Photographs; Subseries: Subjects - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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