Photograph
Rutledge Pearson
| Rutledge Pearson (on left), a former baseball player and president of the Jacksonville NAACP, speaking with a woman living on Caroline Lane, the poorest section of the city. Pearson and Oscar Taylor (right) were distributing flyers for an upcoming jobs and freedom march. |
| Image ID: | 72671 |
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| Creation Date: | 1963 |
| Creator Name: | Collins, Marjory |
| City: | Jacksonville |
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| State: | Florida |
| Collection Name: | Weekly Guardian Associates (Firm) : Guardian records, 1934-1993 (bulk 1948-1992) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6612.38 22308 #1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.25 x 2.25 inches |
| Pearson died under mysterious circumstances in an automobile accident enroute to help in the Memphis sanitation workers strike in 1967. |
| Associations, institutions, etc. |
| Clothing and dress |
| Dresses |
| Hats |
| Dwellings |
| Housing |
| Porches |
| African Americans |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Civil rights |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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