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Parks, Gordon (1912-2006) The Negro and the Cities: The Cry That Will be Heard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09779.13 Author/Creator: Parks, Gordon (1912-2006) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Poster Date: 8 March 1968 Pagination: 1 p. ; 35.6 x 28 cm.

One cover of Life magazine entitled, "The Negro and the Cities: The Cry That Will be Heard," dated March 8, 1968. Image consists of a tear-eyed African-American girl, Ellen Fontenelle.

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006
Fontenelle, Ellen, fl. 1968
1945 to the Present
African American History
Activism
African Americans
Protests
Activism
Race discrimination
Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Movement
The Sixties

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