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Charred cross symbolizes racial protest.
Title
Charred cross symbolizes racial protest.
Description
Text transcribed from caption: P-30969 CHARRED CROSS SYMBOLIZES RACIAL PROTEST PITTSBURGH -- More than 1,000 Methodists knelt, linked hands and sang “We Shall Overcome” as a charred cross -- burned by the Ku Klux Klan on the campus of predominantly Negro Tougaloo Southern Christian College near Jackson, Miss. -- is carried past the Pittsburgh Civic Arena where the denomination held its Quadrennial General Conference. The demonstration, against segregation in general as well as within the Methodist Church -- started at midnight with a prayer vigil and continued until Conference sessions were underway. The cross is carried by Austin Moore of Chicago, a student at the Mississippi college. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-5B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s)
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created
1964, May 2, 1964, May 2, 1964
Name Subject(s)
Religious News Service--Archives., Tougaloo College--Students., Civic Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Methodist Church (U.S.). General Conference., Moore, Austin C., Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Topical Subject(s)
Segregation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., African American college students--Illinois--Chicago., Historically Black colleges and universities--Mississippi--Jackson., Universities and colleges--Mississippi--Jackson., College students--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects
United States., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Illinois, Chicago., Mississippi, Jackson., Mississippi, Jackson., Illinois, Chicago., Pittsburgh (Pa.), Jackson (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Allegheny--Pittsburgh
Physical Location
RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30969; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item
Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local)
RNS-RG1_P-30969
(PID) Persistent Identifier
islandora:348405