Pickets Marching St. Petersburg (1964) (B/W photograph
St. Petersburg Times and Evening Independent, 1964. Photograph. Item #290149
B/W photograph, oblong format, 8.2 x 10 inches. Photograph shows 'pickets protesting the exclusion of Negroes from Morrison's Cafeteria. A sprinkling of adults, including 3 school teachers, joined the picketing Thursday as the protest enetered its 11th week...But only 2 Negro adults had participated in the picketing prior to Thursday. Rutledge Pearson of Jacksonville, president of the Florida Conference of the NAACP Branches, led Thursday's demonstration.' - caption from newspaper pasted on rear. Photo taken June 12, 1964, published June 13, 1964. Rutledge is pictured centrally in the photograph with other marchers. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
Price: $50.00