North Hollywood day camp youngsters stage integration 'Sympathy March
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
On August 28, 1963 thousands of American gathered in Washington D.C. for a political rally known as the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." The rally was organized by civil and religious groups to reveal the political and social injustices African Americans faced across the country. The rally became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I have a Dream' speech was one of the most memorable moments of the event. Photograph caption dated August 29, 1963 reads, "Campers made signs and paraded around camp grounds to proclaim they want 'freedom now.' Children from the Haskell's Raskells Day Camp in North Hollywood decided to have their own 'Rights March' to support the 'March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom' rally going on in Washington D.C.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Haskell's Raskells Day Camp (Los Angeles, Calif.) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--(1963 :--Washington, D.C.) Men--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Civil rights demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Wood poles--California--Los Angeles Holding hands Guitars Vineland Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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