Two hundred Negroes, mostly teenagers, were arrested after police broke up a noisy racial demonstration in the lobby of the First National Bank. The demonstrators were arrested when they sat down on the floor of the bank lobby. The protest was against alleged employment discrimination by the bank, East St. Louis, Illinois.

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Two hundred Negroes, mostly teenagers, were arrested after police broke up a noisy racial demonstration in the lobby of the First National Bank. The demonstrators were arrested when they sat down on the floor of the bank lobby. The protest was against alleged employment discrimination by the bank, East St. Louis, Illinois.
Two hundred Negroes, mostly teenagers, were arrested after police broke up a noisy racial demonstration in the lobby of the First National Bank. The demonstrators were arrested when they sat down on the floor of the bank lobby. The protest was against alleged employment discrimination by the bank, East St. Louis, Illinois.
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DateAugust 15, 1963
MediumVintage United Press International telephoto
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/8 × 7 in. (23.2 × 17.8 cm) Image: 8 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (21 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.260
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Recto, right side: "XP081502-8/15/63-(ST. LOUIS OUT) EAST ST. LOUIS: Two hundred Negroes, mostly teen- /agers, were arrested after police broke up a noisy racial demonstration in the / lobby of the First National Bank here 8/15. The demonstrators were arrested / when they sat down on the floor of the bank lobby. The protest was against / alleged employment discrimination by the bank. UPI TELEPHOTO
P-D / brt"
Verso, upper left: "RRT 81407"
Verso, upper right, (stamped): "[(Illegible...1963...Enterprises INC.)]"
Verso, center facing to the left, (stamped): "[PLEASE CREDIT / *U.P.I TELEPHOTO / This picture is for your publication only and must / not be loaned syndicated or used for advertising / purposes without written permission from the United / Press International. By accepting this picture you agree to hold the United Press International harmless from any loss or damage arising by reason of your use of / publication of this picture. / UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL / TRUBUNE TOWER, ROOM 638 / CHICAGO 11, ILLINOIS]"
Inscribed Verso, top left: "LVL-IL-039" and "1500"
Verso, top center: "Illinois East St. Louis"
Anti-war demonstrator is picked up by police for removal to jail here early today when 20 of the demonstrators were arrested as they tried to invade an induction center. A group of some 50 to 75 marchers had been parading in front of the center when some of them broke ranks and headed for the doors
Anti-war demonstrator is picked up by police for removal to jail here early today when 20 of the demonstrators were arrested as they tried to invade an induction center. A group of some 50 to 75 marchers had been parading in front of the center when some of them broke ranks and headed for the doors
Date: October 19, 1967
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto with added pigment
Object number: 2022.15.259
Attorney William Kunstler , who led the defense of the "Chicago Seven" speaks to an estimated 5,000 persons in nearby Sepulveda during which he stated that the Santa Barbara college town bank burning February 25 was a "picayunish matter" compared to Vietnam. Kunstler was accompanied by his associate defense attorney, Leonard Weinglass and one of the seven, Thomas Hayden, Los Angeles.
Attorney William Kunstler , who led the defense of the "Chicago Seven" speaks to an estimated 5,000 persons in nearby Sepulveda during which he stated that the Santa Barbara college town bank burning February 25 was a "picayunish matter" compared to Vietnam. Kunstler was accompanied by his associate defense attorney, Leonard Weinglass and one of the seven, Thomas Hayden, Los Angeles.
Unknown artist, American
Date: March 1, 1970
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2024.21.254
Crowd of demonstrators kneel in prayer outside city hall after march from Soldier Field in protest to alleged school segregation in Chicago. March took place two-day (of) school boycott when court order blocked it
Crowd of demonstrators kneel in prayer outside city hall after march from Soldier Field in protest to alleged school segregation in Chicago. March took place two-day (of) school boycott when court order blocked it
Date: May 2, 1962
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.262
Crowd of demonstrators kneel in prayer outside city hall after march from Soldier Field in protest to alleged school segregation in Chicago. March took place two-day (of) school boycott when court order blocked it
Crowd of demonstrators kneel in prayer outside city hall after march from Soldier Field in protest to alleged school segregation in Chicago. March took place two-day (of) school boycott when court order blocked it
Date: June 10, 1965
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.264
Viet Cong The Burning Issue: American F100 jet drops two canisters of napalm toward a Viet Cong machine gun position on the bank of the Rach Beng river, 70 miles northwest of Saigon, as a soldier of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, who had been landed by helicopter wades through the tall grass in foreground. The Rach Beng here forms the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia. The infantrymen were landed some 400 yards from the border and moved in to capture hundreds of tons of Viet Cong supplies
Viet Cong The Burning Issue: American F100 jet drops two canisters of napalm toward a Viet Cong machine gun position on the bank of the Rach Beng river, 70 miles northwest of Saigon, as a soldier of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, who had been landed by helicopter wades through the tall grass in foreground. The Rach Beng here forms the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia. The infantrymen were landed some 400 yards from the border and moved in to capture hundreds of tons of Viet Cong supplies
Horst Faas
Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.128
The main street of Nha Trang, a coastal town 200 miles northeast of Saigon, after an American Canberra jet loaded with 250 pound bombs crashed, killing 12 South Vietnamese and injuring 71. The pilot set the automatic controls to guide the stricken plane out to sea before he baled out, but an inshore wind swept it back over land
The main street of Nha Trang, a coastal town 200 miles northeast of Saigon, after an American Canberra jet loaded with 250 pound bombs crashed, killing 12 South Vietnamese and injuring 71. The pilot set the automatic controls to guide the stricken plane out to sea before he baled out, but an inshore wind swept it back over land
Date: August, 1965
Medium: United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.291
Police move in with night sticks to break up group of demonstrators who tried to break police lines after marching on Central High School August 12th. Firemen with high pressure hoses and police put down the riotous protest
Police move in with night sticks to break up group of demonstrators who tried to break police lines after marching on Central High School August 12th. Firemen with high pressure hoses and police put down the riotous protest
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage United Press International Telephoto with airbrushing
Object number: 2022.15.117
Ordered to Leave England: "Yippie" leader Jerry Rubin makes clenched fist salute as he's taken in police car, escorted by a Special Branch detective, here November 13th, Rubin and a companion, Stewart Albert, have been advised they will be deported unless they leave Britain voluntarily.
Ordered to Leave England: "Yippie" leader Jerry Rubin makes clenched fist salute as he's taken in police car, escorted by a Special Branch detective, here November 13th, Rubin and a companion, Stewart Albert, have been advised they will be deported unless they leave Britain voluntarily.
Unknown artist, American
Date: November 13, 1970
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2024.21.247
Jerry Rubin conducts a tape interview with Marlo Thomas, daughter of Danny Thomas and a member of the California delegation, as the opening session of the Democratic Convention got under way, Miami Beach.
Jerry Rubin conducts a tape interview with Marlo Thomas, daughter of Danny Thomas and a member of the California delegation, as the opening session of the Democratic Convention got under way, Miami Beach.
Unknown artist, American
Date: July 10, 1972
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2024.21.252
Yippie leader Jerry Rubin rips off his jurists robe in front of a University of Utah crowd in Salt Lake City, Utah as part of his defiance of the nation's legal system.
Yippie leader Jerry Rubin rips off his jurists robe in front of a University of Utah crowd in Salt Lake City, Utah as part of his defiance of the nation's legal system.
Unknown artist, American
Date: February 8, 1970
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2024.21.255
Demonstrators come well equipped outside the House Un-American Activities committee. After violence in which 40 demonstrators were arrested, pickets sat down and played tape recorder and played guitar while others sat on curb. The committee held last day of hearings into communist activitites here. Man standing is Wilberforce Jones a member of the Negro-American Labor Council, Chicago.
Demonstrators come well equipped outside the House Un-American Activities committee. After violence in which 40 demonstrators were arrested, pickets sat down and played tape recorder and played guitar while others sat on curb. The committee held last day of hearings into communist activitites here. Man standing is Wilberforce Jones a member of the Negro-American Labor Council, Chicago.
Unknown artist, American
Date: May 27, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.241
Police Use Stretcher to Remove Demonstrator: Woman who had climbed atop roof of mobile classroom is removed down ladder by police who have encased her in a canvas stretcher bag. Only her face protrudes. She was identified as Janet Heywood, 20, of Chicago. Many other demonstrators were arrested as pickets continued to protest that the mobile units serve to maintain 'de facto' segregation. Demonstrators claim that Negro students in overcrowded schools should be sent to white schools, Chicago.
Police Use Stretcher to Remove Demonstrator: Woman who had climbed atop roof of mobile classroom is removed down ladder by police who have encased her in a canvas stretcher bag. Only her face protrudes. She was identified as Janet Heywood, 20, of Chicago. Many other demonstrators were arrested as pickets continued to protest that the mobile units serve to maintain 'de facto' segregation. Demonstrators claim that Negro students in overcrowded schools should be sent to white schools, Chicago.
Unknown artist, American
Date: August 13, 1963
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.240