Guard Moves On Cambridge Rights Protest: 1964
Demonstrators demand jobs and aid to low income families in Cambridge, Md. February 25, 1964 as the National Guard moves in to break up the protest.
These demonstrators were taken into “protective custody” and transported to the National Guard Armory in Pikesville, Md.—90 miles away.
The Guard occupied the town for almost a year from 1963-64 after repeated clashes between African American civil rights demonstrations and white racists seeking to preserve segregation.
For more images of the Cambridge civil rights protests 1962-67, see flic.kr/s/aHsk3Pe6xA
For a background story on the Cambridge civil rights struggle, see washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2015/05/31/raging-civil-rig...
For an account of the 1937 Phillips Packing Co. Strike in Cambridge, see washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2014/09/18/1937-phillips-pa...
The photographer is unknown. The image is an auction find.
Guard Moves On Cambridge Rights Protest: 1964
Demonstrators demand jobs and aid to low income families in Cambridge, Md. February 25, 1964 as the National Guard moves in to break up the protest.
These demonstrators were taken into “protective custody” and transported to the National Guard Armory in Pikesville, Md.—90 miles away.
The Guard occupied the town for almost a year from 1963-64 after repeated clashes between African American civil rights demonstrations and white racists seeking to preserve segregation.
For more images of the Cambridge civil rights protests 1962-67, see flic.kr/s/aHsk3Pe6xA
For a background story on the Cambridge civil rights struggle, see washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2015/05/31/raging-civil-rig...
For an account of the 1937 Phillips Packing Co. Strike in Cambridge, see washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2014/09/18/1937-phillips-pa...
The photographer is unknown. The image is an auction find.