Anti-Fair Housing Protest at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond Reel #1, 1968

Extent:
1 Items
Scope and content:

TITLE ON REEL:Klan's A.B.C. protest march of open housing in front of Jefferson Hotel. 4-6-68; RUNTIME: 00:03:46; DESCRIPTION: This reel contains footage of white individuals protesting against a conference on fair housing in front of the Hotel Jefferson in Richmond, Virginia on April 6, 1968. There are approximately ten individuals in the protest.; NOTE: While language on the original reel refers to the "Klan", most likely the Ku Klux Klan, there is no information in the reel or in newspaper reporting of the protest that identifies protestors as Klan members. Newspapers at the time referred to the group as segregationists.

Physical facet:
Super 8mm

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
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