Photo of press meeting with the coordinator of the Citizenship Education Project
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Allen, Floyd Green, American, 1906 - 1967
- Williams, Eddye Keaton, American
- Leeds, Claire, American, 1923 - 1999
- Henderson, Janet, American, 1921 - 1985
- Waldorf, Dolores, American, 1896 - 1988
- McKinney, Joan, American, 1916 - 2009
- Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Date
- 1956-1957
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Caption
- This photograph is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a press meeting with the coordinator of the Citizenship Education Project at the CEP headquarters at 1914 Fillmore Street in San Francisco. The coordinator, Floyd G. Allen, is seated left behind a desk, with five San Francisco newspaper editors on the right. The photograph is adhered to page 26 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
- Place captured
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Women's Club Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Activism
- Associations and institutions
- Education
- Photography
- Politics
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Women
- Women's organizations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- Object number
- 2010.60.1.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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