This AP wirephoto shows a political protest by members of the Ad Hoc Committee to End Discrimination. A large group of protesters is picketing a Cadillac agency in San Francisco. Demonstrators are gathered in front of a building with an ornate facade [Cadillac agency on Van Ness Avenue]. Three police officers are carrying away a female demonstrator. She is smiling and is giving the "peace" sign with each hand. The other protesters are cheering. Two additional policemen stand in front of the crowd. A man dressed in a suit (reporter?) stands off to one side, taking notes in a small notebook. A piece of paper with typed caption is attached to the photograph. It reads, "(FXS6)San Francisco, April 11-CHEERS, SHOUTS AND SMILES AT DEMONSTRATION- As police carry picket from auto agency on Van Ness Avenue today, others shout and cheer in background. Demonstraors, protesting hiring practices of Cadillac agency, were arrested by poice. Agency was one of three picketed today in city-wide demonstration. (AP Wirephoto) (sjv71604rwk)[?] 1964" The word "negro" is hand-written on this piece of paper in blue ink. In 1964 the Ad Hoc Committee to End Discrimination organized a number of demonstrations to protest racial discrimination in hiring procedures, including protests against Sheraton-Palace, Auto Row, Mel's Drive-in, the Oakland Tribune, and Cadillac. Picketing began at Cadillac on March 16, 1964.