Photographs
Scope and Contents
This series contains 16 color photographs dating from the summer of 1965. The photographs depict a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. at the orientation in Atlanta (June 15, 1965); volunteers being arrested after organizing a sit-in and the subsequent court hearing; a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally held in the area; and the house in Orangeburg where many of the volunteers stayed. Folder two contains a list of photograph descriptions as conveyed by Dean Savage and Moshe Shur, another SCOPE Project volunteer and current professor of Jewish Studies and former Rabbi at Queens College Hillel.
Dates
- 1965-2011
- Majority of material found in 1965 - 1965
Access
Collection is open for research. Staff may restrict access at its discretion on the basis of physical condition.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Savage, Dean (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us
QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu
