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Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall (left) and lawyer and political activist Benjamin J. Davis, circa 1940s

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Title
Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall (left) and lawyer and political activist Benjamin J. Davis, circa 1940s
Names
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.) (Collector)
Collection

Civil Rights Congress photograph collection

Photographs

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940 - 1949 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection
Topics
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993
Davis, Benjamin J. (Benjamin Jefferson), 1903-1964
African American lawyers
African American civil rights workers
Civil rights leaders
Genres
Photographs
Physical Description
Photomechanical prints
Extent: 14 x 17 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG087000330-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11527495
Photo Order: 50496
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ca335500-a610-0130-6b76-58d385a7b928
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Item timeline of events

  • 1940: Created (Approximate)
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall (left) and lawyer and political activist Benjamin J. Davis, circa 1940s" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940 - 1949. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51c2f970-a619-0130-3f84-58d385a7b928

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall (left) and lawyer and political activist Benjamin J. Davis, circa 1940s" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51c2f970-a619-0130-3f84-58d385a7b928

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1940 - 1949). Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall (left) and lawyer and political activist Benjamin J. Davis, circa 1940s Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51c2f970-a619-0130-3f84-58d385a7b928

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Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall (left) and lawyer and political activist Benjamin J. Davis, circa 1940s