1958 African Americans Denied Library Cards at Portsmouth City Library-photo

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Title

1958 African Americans Denied Library Cards at Portsmouth City Library-photo

Subject

Historic timeline of Portsmouth Colored Community Library

Description

Text: 1958: March 12: two African American dentists, Dr. Hugo Owens and Dr. James Holley, seek to become cardholders of the Portsmouth City Library and are denied.

Right: Dr. James Holley later became Mayor of Portsmouth.

Creator

Don't Duck History

Source

Portsmouth Community Colored Library Museum, Portsmouth VA

Publisher

Don't Duck History

Date

photo taken 08-08-2015

Contributor

Photo credit: Tracy Clark

Rights

Don't Duck History

Format

Digital photo, jpg file

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Original Format

photo of text

Physical Dimensions

27.7 KB original 15.6 KB compressed

Files

IMG_20150808_155607_005.jpg

Citation

Don't Duck History, “1958 African Americans Denied Library Cards at Portsmouth City Library-photo,” Don't Duck History, accessed May 2, 2024, https://dontduckhistory.omeka.net/items/show/16.