Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-37335 SCLC LEADERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The
Rev. Jesse Jackson, known as the “city manager” of Resurrection City, is
shown as he embraced the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, head of the Poor People’s
Campaign. Mr. Abernathy was arrested shortly after the police-enforced exodus
of residents from the tent city in the nation’s capital. Credit Must Read:
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-6E-68-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Civil rights leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358349