Photo of press meeting with the coordinator of the Citizenship Education Project

Object Details

Photograph by: Unidentified
Subject of: Floyd Green Allen, American, 1906 - 1967; Eddye Keaton Williams, American; Claire Leeds, American, 1923 - 1999; Janet Henderson, American, 1921 - 1985; Dolores Waldorf, American, 1896 - 1988; Joan McKinney, American, 1916 - 2009; Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987; San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945; National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935

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).

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection

1956-1957

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible; Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place captured: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Photographs and Still Images
Movement: Women's Club Movement

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Activism; Associations and institutions; Education; Photography; Politics; Social reform; Suffrage; Women; Women's organizations

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd515f47dca-05ce-474d-9166-ba93e339b281