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Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph included in the exhibit: "From Hula Hoops to Hanoi: L.A. Concerns, 1954-1965." On April 13, 1963, James Meredith, the first African American enrolled at the University of Mississippi, and his wife, Mary June, at a press conference at Los Angeles International Airport. Meredith is in Los Angeles to accept the Booker T. Washington Award presented by the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter of Alabama's Tuskegee Institute. See images 00082782 and 001555022 through 00155032 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Meredith, James,--1933- Meredith, James,--1933--Awards Meredith, James,--1933--Family Los Angeles International Airport African Americans--Civil rights Civil rights workers--United States Press conferences--California--Los Angeles Microphones Men--California--Los Angeles Couples--California--Los Angeles Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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