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Benjamin Lawson Hooks papers, Preservation and Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
psc.mss0445.349_34.603_02
Description
Press release attached: "Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, left, formerly of Birmingham, Alabama recives the fifth annual NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner award from Bishop Stephen Gill Spottswood, chairman of the Association's Board of Directors. Rev. Shuttlesworth was honored for his consistently courageous leadership in the fight for first-class citizenship. Nearly 1,000 persons attended the gala $100 per couple dinner in the Grand Ballroom of New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel here recently."
Date Created
6-2-2021
Date
May 1962
Recommended Citation
"Fred L. Shuttlesworth at NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner" (2021). Benjamin Lawson Hooks Papers images. 415.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-0445-hooks-gallery1/415
Keywords
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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