Items

Explore individual items gathered for collections and exhibits centered around particular themes, people, places, or events.

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  Children participating in an ACTION demonstration against St. Louis area churches

  Horizontal black and white image shows children holding cross-shaped protest signs for an ACTION demonstration against St. Louis area churches
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  Lloyd, Ernestine being removed from St. Louis Cathedral after attempting to read ACTION demands

  Horizontal black and white image shows Ernestine Lloyd being removed from St. Louis Cathedral on a stretcher after attempting to read ACTION demands
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  ACTION demonstration at St. Louis Cathedral

  Black and white images show William Mitchell, a young protestor dressed as a bishop, holding a sign on the steps to a church for a demonstration with other protesters outside of the Old Cathedral
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  ACTION demonstration at St. Louis Cathedral

  Black and white images show protesters; including Percy Green, Dr. Luther Mitchell, Sister Cecilia Goldman, Reverend William Mathews, and William Luther; gathering and protesting at the St. Louis Cathedral and Police Lieutenant Robert Scheetz, removing William Luther from the Old Cathedral.
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  ACTION demonstration at St. Louis Cathedral

  Horizontal black and white image shows William Luther, a young protester wearing a sign that reads "Carberry makes a -" being removed by police from the Cathedral of St. Louis by Police Lieutenant Robert Scheetz.
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  Police officers removing ACTION demonstrators from the St. Louis Cathedral

  Horizontal black and white image shows Police Lt. Robert Scheetz, left, and Detective John Livingston, center, remove William Luther, an ACTION demonstrator, wearing a sign from St. Louis Cathedral. Luther's sign reads "[Cardinal Carberry] makes a mockery of the real church." Detective William Hawkins, right, restrains another Black demonstrator. There is a small crowd of white men around the two. This photograph was published in the July 7, 1969 issue of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat with a caption that read: "Police Lt. Robert Scheetz, in uniform at left, and Detective John Livingston, center, remove an ACTION demonstrator from St. Louis Cathedral while Detective William Hawkins restrains another demonstrator who was assaulted by an unidentified churchgoer." The headline for the accompanying article was "Whites Attack Militants in St. Louis Cathedral" and outlined the events that occurred as three young protestors demonstrated against issues related to church ownership of tax-delinquent properties. The protestors entered the Cathedral during a service (one was wearing clothing similar to church vestments), stood in front of the congregation silently for four minutes with protest signs, then chanted "racists" as they attempted to exit the building. Members of the congregation began yelling back at them, at least one tried to physically assault them, and they only exited the building safely with the protection of detectives and police. The protestors were charged with disturbing a religious assembly and resisting arrest. None of the congregation members were arrested or charged.
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  Percy Green leading an ACTION protest at the Veiled Prophet ball

  Horizontal, black and white photograph showing Percy Green on the left speaking into a megaphone. To his right there is a couple marching on the sidewalk. The man is wearing a veil over his face, carrying a spear and a shield reading "The Black VP."