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Film footage of a Sojourners for Truth and Justice Eastern Seaboard conference

1952 March 23

African American history · place not specified

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Footage of the Sojourners of Truth and Justice Eastern Seaboard Conference held on March 23, 1952, at the YMCA in Harlem, New York City. Nearly 100 women attended the event and this footage captures the group's last major gathering.

Collection
Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection
Archival grouping
Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection / Series 1: Motion Picture Film
Catalog date
1952 March 23
Format and extent
1 Motion picture film (black-and-white, silent, 16mm)
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Sources & collection details

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Catalog reference: sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref204

Collection: Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection

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