SCOPE volunteers being arrested
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Title
SCOPE volunteers being arrested
Description
South Carolina State Troopers arresting SCOPE volunteers, August 2, 1965.
Protesters refused to leave the Orangeburg County Courthouse after voter registration books had been closed for the day. Court was closing early to slow the pace of black registration.
Protesters refused to leave the Orangeburg County Courthouse after voter registration books had been closed for the day. Court was closing early to slow the pace of black registration.
Subject
Civil Rights Movement -- United States.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Summer Community Organization and Political Education (Organization).
Orangeburg County (S.C.)
Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States.
Creator
Savage, Dean
Source
DeanSavagePapers.Box1.Folder6
Publisher
Queens College Department of Special Collections and Archives (New York, N.Y.)
Date
1965-08-02
Date Created
2012-04-05
Rights
Reprinted with permission of Dean Savage. This material may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). We welcome you to make fair use of the content accessible on this website as defined by copyright law. Please note that you are responsible for determining whether your use is fair and for responding to any claims that may arise from your use.
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Format
Image
JPEG
Extent
344064 Bytes
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Spatial Coverage
Orangeburg (S.C)
Original Format
Photograph; Color
Physical Dimensions
3.5 x 3.5 inches (89 x 89 mm)
Collection
Citation
Savage, Dean, “SCOPE volunteers being arrested
,” Queens College Civil Rights Archives, accessed July 2, 2022, http://archives.qc.cuny.edu/civilrights/items/show/118.