Philip M. Weightman photograph collection [graphic]. 1944-1960s (bulk 1940s-1960s)

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Philip M. Weightman photograph collection [graphic]. 1944-1960s (bulk 1940s-1960s)

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This collection of 110 images provides considerable information about the work of PAC and COPE through three decades. Most of the photographs fall into these three groups: voter registration during FDR's re-election campaign (St. Louis, 1944); images relating to the bombing death of Harry T. Moore (1952), labor and political meetings (with particular emphasis on civil rights and African-American workers) (1950s); and voter registration in Chicago and New York City (1960s). Individuals pictured include celebrities such as Vice-President Henry Wallace, Langston Hughes, Bette Davis, members of Duke Ellington's band, including composer and pianist Billy Strayhorn (in publicity shots for a campaign to encourage African-Americans to register to vote), Captain Hugh Mulzac (the first African American merchant marine naval officer to command an integrated crew during World War II), Walter Reuther, and of course, Weightman himself. Made up of less well-known individuals is a group photograph of African American representatives and members (possibly attending a CIO-sponsored meeting) from locals of various labor unions including the Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Cannery, Packing, and Allied Workers; United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers; Rubber Workers, and Shipbuilders.

110 photoprints : b&w.

New-York Historical Society

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