Student rally in support of Ralph Atkins, 1970
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Title
Student rally in support of Ralph Atkins , 1970
Photographer
Kies , Paul Philemon , 1891-1971
Date
1970-03-27
Description
Students rally in front of the Compton Union Building (CUB) on the campus of Washington State University in support of Ralph Atkins . In March of 1970 , nearly 3,000 students marched through Pullman to protest the draft , racism , and were boycotting non-union grapes to show support for migrant workers . Several demonstrators entered Pullman supermarkets and began smashing grapes . However , only Ralph Atkins , a black sophomore who was dressed in a Black Panther uniform , was arrested ; he was charged with inciting a riot .
Subject
Activists ; Demonstrations ; Students
Location Depicted
North and Central America--United States--Washington (state)--Whitman county--Pullman
Type
Image
Genre
Photographic prints
Publisher
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Rights Notes
In copyright. Item is in copyright until 70 years after the 1971 death of the creator.
Identifier
pc028b16-70h-02_rally in support of ralph atkins_19700327
Source
Is found in PC 28 , Paul Philemon Kies Photographs https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc28.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Digitization
Original photographic prints were scanned in color at 600 dpi on an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner and saved as tiff files. 600 pixel width jpeg files were created from those files using Adobe Photoshop CS2 and uploaded to the CONTENTdm server at the WSU Libraries.
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