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Description:
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A., is shown as he enter[s] a police van after being
arrested in an attempt to integrate [the Gwynn Oak] white-only amusement park
just outside Baltimore. Dr. Blake and 35 other clergymen--Protestant, Roman
Catholic and Jewish, Negro and white--were among 283 persons arrested, jailed
and then released on bond.
Creator:
Curry, James E. (photographer), United Press International. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7398
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Description:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is struck by a rock during a march in Chicago on
August 5, 1966.
Creator:
United Press International. (photographer)
Subject names:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7010