| Title |
Illinois AFL-CIO gives check to Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, treasurer of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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| Description |
Photograph shows Reuben Soderstrom, President of the Illinois State AFL-CIO, giving Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, treasurer of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (civil rights group headed by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.), a check for $5,000 to further the conference's work on October 12, 1963. Pictured at the Illinois AFL-CIO's 6th annual convention from left to right are: Robert G. Gibson, State Secretary-Treasurer; Abernathy; Soderstrom; and Stanley L. Johnson, Executive Vice President of the Illinois State AFL-CIO. For complete collection information, visit the full finding aid at http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42579
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| Extent |
20.6 x 25.3 cm; 2 images; Photographic Print; monochrome |
| Date |
1963-10-12 |
| Creator |
Burke & Dean Photographers
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| Location |
Chicago; United States; Illinois; North America |
| Subject(s) |
Johnson, Stanley L.; Civil rights leaders; Labor leaders; Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990; Soderstrom, Reuben G., 1888-1970; Checks; Labor unions; Gibson, Robert G.; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Illinois State AFL-CIO. Convention; Portrait photographs; Group portraits |
| Citation |
AFL-CIO Information Department, Photographic Prints collection, Accession 2014-001-RG96-001, Series 1: Subject Files, 1890-1995, Subseries 1: Photographs, 1890-1993, Box : 25, Folder 1: Conventions: AFL, CIO, AFL-CIO State Bodies, A-I |
| Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/32996
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| Rights |
http://vocab.lib.umd.edu/rightsStatement#InC-NC
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| Terms of Use |
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