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Title: Black War Vet to be Buried in All-White Cemetary
Date Created and/or Issued: 1970-08-27T07:00:00Z
Publication Information: Chapman University Digital Commons
Contributing Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Collection: UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
Rights Information: copyrighted
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Description: Miami, Fla--Mrs. Mary Campbell leaves Federal Court with NAACP attorney James Matthews after a judge ruled that her son Pondexter Eugene Williams should be buried at a cemetary in Ft. Pierce, Fla., which was reserved for whites only. The funeral of the Viet Nam war victim will take place 8/29.
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/upi_african_american/206
Subject: African Americans
History
United States
Prejudice
Desegregation
Civil rights movement
Black Panthers
African American Studies
United States History
Source: UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

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