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[Reverend L. Francis Griffin, head of a local NAACP chapter in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, half-length portrait, facing front] / TOH.
Summary
Portrait of Griffin related to images of opening of "free" schools which provided education for African American students, after Prince Edward County closed public schools rather than desegregate.
Contact sheet folder caption: "Farmville, Prince Edward county, VA., "free" schools open ... #8-15 Rev. L. Francis Griffin - head of local NAACP group ... TOH 9/16/63."
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.
Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10467, frame no. 12.
Tags
Date
01/01/1963
Contributors
O'Halloran, Thomas J., photographer
Location
Farmville (Va.), 37.30222, -78.39194
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
