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Photograph caption dated July 8, 1960 reads, "Sen. James O. Eastland of Mississippi, one of Southern senators on Democratic platform committee, listens as Wilkens speaks at today's session where there were appeals for stringent civil rights plank."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 12 cm. Photographic prints
Eastland, James O.--(James Oliver),--1904-1986 Millennium Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Democratic National Convention--(1960 :--Los Angeles, Calif.) Political conventions--United States Political parties--United States Eating & drinking--California--Los Angeles Legislators--United States Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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