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Jailed minister reads support message : Tallahassee, Florida
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Reference collection |
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Rc12790 |
| Date : |
1964. |
| Notes : |
Rabbi Israel Dresner, of Springfield, New Jersey, one of the
nine clergymen jailed on a 60-day sentence rather than pay fines of $500
each, reads messages of support for their integration activities. The group
was arrested in 1961 for a restaurant sit-in demonstration and have been
free on $1,000 bonds. All but one of the white and Negro ministers are wearing
regulation city prison clothing. Standing to the right from Rabbi Dresner
are Reverend Petty D. McKinney from Nyack, New York; Reverend A. McArven
Warner (only partly visible) from New York City; and Reverend Robert J.
Stone from New York City. Seated is Dr. Robert McAfee Brown, faculty member
of Stanford University.August 5, 1964. |
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