Photo of Earl Allen at Piccadilly Cafeteria Civil Rights Protest
Description:
Black and white photographic print of several individuals at a June 1964 civil rights protest at the Piccadilly Cafeteria on Commerce Street in downtown Dallas. The image shows Reverend Earl Allen, a local leader with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), looking at some papers being held by an unknown white man wearing a hat. Allen is wearing a plaid jacket and sunglasses. Seen almost in profile in the image, looking towards the papers held by the unknown white man, can be seen an African Am…
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Date:
June 2, 1964
Creator:
Dallas County Sheriff's Department
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Partner:
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza