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Myrlie Evers handing city worker Ted R. Aurand new Evers Ave. street sign in Compton, Calif., 1964

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Title: Myrlie Evers handing city worker Ted R. Aurand new Evers Ave. street sign in Compton, Calif., 1964
Date Created and/or Issued: March 2, 1964
1964-03-02
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: STREET NAME CHANGED-Ted R. Aurand, Compton Street Department employee, takes a new street sign from Mrs. Medgar Evers. Name of Alabama Ave. was changed to Evers Ave. in memory of Mrs. Evers' slain husband.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b523_223218
ark:/21198/zz0002s251
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Memorial rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
African American civil rights workers--Commemoration
Street names--California--Los Angeles County
Aurand, Ted R
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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