The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Contact sheet of twelve photos - three strips of 2"x 2". The photographs show a political protest by members of the Ad Hoc Committee to End Discrimination. They are protesting discriminatory hiring practices by the Oakland Tribune. Photos show police arresting demonstrators after a sit-in which blocked the driveway to the Oakland Tribune's loading docks. The center strip of photos is crooked and slightly overlaps the other two strips on the contact sheet.
Concepts:
contact print; man; woman; African American; police; political protest; sit-in; paddy wagon; arrest; mug shot; Ad Hoc Committee; discrimination
Organizations:
Oakland Tribune
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