Museum object · digital images
Demonstrators Sit-in and Block traffic on Franklin Street in Downtown Chapel Hill; They Were Arrested for Blocking Traffic
February 8, 1964; scanned 2010
African American history · place not specified
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A digital image of black and white demonstrators staging a sit-in and stopping traffic on Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill. They were later arrested for blocking traffic.
- Catalog date
- February 8, 1964; scanned 2010
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Civil Rights; Photography; U.S. History, 1961-1969
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2011.11.11
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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