Civil Rights
Scope and Contents
Includes: Negro Labor Conference at Hotel Theresa in New York City, with speakers James B Carey-sect to CIO, Charles S. Zimmerman - VP ILG, and Lewis G. Himes - Representative of the AF of L, 3/11/52; Garment workers pause for one hour to pay respects to the late Martin Luther King and listen to the funeral services in Atlanta, New York City, 4/9/68; New York ILGers (predominantly black) on a prayer pilgrimage to Washington on May 17, 1957 to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that segregated schools are unconstitutional; Martin Luther King delivering a speech at unidentified location, no date; Martin Luther King, Jr. an aide to King, Michael Quill - President of Transportation Workers Union, and ILG President David Dubinsky - Secretary-Treasurer of the committee at a meeting of the AFL-CIO Trade Union Committee on Civil Rights, 1963; ILG members march on picket lines to protest segregation at stores in Southern Cities (Woolworth), New York City, April 1963; Two black men during march on Washington "For Jobs and Freedom", 8/28/63; Crowd of ILGers at Pennsylvania Station awaiting trip to Washington DC during march on Washington, New York, 8/28/63; ILG women in front of Washington Monument during the march on Washington, 8/28/63; View of the mall in front of the Capitol of thousand's awaiting Martin Luther King's speech, Washington DC, 8/28/63; Two ILGers read a copy of Justice during the trip to Washington DC, 8/28/63; Black female ILGer reads a copy of Justice during trip to Washington DC, 8/28/63; Two black female ILGers during march on Washington "for Jobs and Freedom", Washington DC 8/28/63
Dates
- 1900-1991
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Yiddish
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853