On July 4, 1963, the stated clerk of the UPCUSA, Eugene Carson Blake, was jailed in Baltimore, Maryland, for trespassing. Along with 283 activists from the Council on Racial Equality and the Baltimore Clergymen's Interfaith Committee, Blake had challenged the owners of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park to desegregate.
Creator Name(s)
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Date Created
1963, 1963, 1963
Name Subject(s)
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s)
Civil rights--Religious aspects
Geographic subjects
North America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location
MOTION PICTURE A8, NEG A89; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item
[Arrest of Dr. Eugene Carson Blake] [motion picture].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1639
