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Title
Freedom Train West returns
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
"Freedom Train West" passengers are welcomed after a trip from New Orleans. There are 16 "displaced-by-invitation" Blacks greeted by about 250 welcomers, including the Hollywood/Beverly Hills branch of the N.A.A.C.P. and the media. Photo date: May 3, 1962.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00041632
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 3461.
CARL0000045659
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/13143
Subject
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Railroads--California--Los Angeles
Civil rights demonstrations--California--Los Angeles
African Americans--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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