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
Date
1956-1957
Object number
2010.60.1.29
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Type
gelatin silver prints
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Place captured
San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Women's Club Movement
Data Source
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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2010.60.1.29