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Bruce R. Watkins leads crowd marching on I-70

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Close-up of crowd (majority African Americans with some white people as well) marching west on I-70. In the center of the photo is Bruce R. Watkins...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Elect Bruce R. Watkins

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Election campaign poster for Bruce R. Watkins, Freedom Inc. candidate on the Democrat ballot for circuit clerk, Kansas City; includes a black and...

Date Published
1966
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Freedom now!

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Election campaign poster for Freedom Inc. candidates on the Democrat ballot representing the 2nd Ward, Kansas City: Bruce R. Watkins and Catherine...

Date Published
1968
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Richard Bolling, Robert Kennedy, and Bruce Watkins during campaign visit

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Robert Kennedy speaking to small group in front of Little Sisters of the Poor during a campaign visit to Kansas City, Missouri. Bruce Watkins and...

Date Published
June-15-1964
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Richard Bolling, Robert Kennedy, and Bruce Watkins during campaign visit

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Richard Bolling, Robert Kennedy, and Bruce Watkins standing left to right at a speech during Kennedy's campaign visit to Kansas City, Missouri. An...

Date Published
June-15-1964
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Support Committee for Public Accommodations Act in Kansas City, Mo.

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Support Committee for the Public Accommodations Act in Kansas City, Missouri. Back row: Leon Jordan, unidentified man. Middle row: unidentified man...

Date Published
1963
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Support Committee for Public Accommodations Act in Kansas City, Mo.

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Support Committee for the Public Accommodations Act in Kansas City, Missouri. Back row: Leon Jordan, unidentified man. Middle row: unidentified man...

Date Published
1963
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Watkins, Bruce R. (Bruce Riley), 1924-1980
  • 1961-1970

Member of

  • Brian Thurn Collection (2)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (2)
  • Richard W. Bolling Collection (2)
  • 1968 Riot Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (5)
  • posters (2)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (5)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • Gelatin silver prints (4)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Political posters (2)
  • Posters (2)
  • Screen prints (2)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1961-1970 (7)

Subjects

  • African American politicians (4)
  • Politicians (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • City council members (1)
  • Civil rights movements (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Demonstrations (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Roads (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women politicians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (7)
  • Jackson County (Mo.) (2)
  • Interstate 70 (1)

Subjects, People

  • Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991 (2)
  • Davis, Ilus W., 1917-1996 (2)
  • Holliday, Harold L., Sr., 1918-1985 (2)
  • Holliday, Margaret (2)
  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (2)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (2)
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 (2)
  • Swinton, Lee Vertis, 1922-1994 (2)
  • Watkins, Rhae (2)
  • Mitchell, Catherine (1)
  • (-) Watkins, Bruce R. (Bruce Riley), 1924-1980 (7)

Date Published

  • 1963 (2)
  • 1964-06-15 (2)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1968 (1)
  • 1968-04-09 (1)

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