Conditions Governing Access

This collection is minimally processed and open for research.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16500, Maria Saporta photographs of the Southern Christian Leadership Civil Rights March, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Royal Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on March 10, 2021.

Biographical / Historical

Content Description

This collection contains six black and white photographs of members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) marching in Richmond, Virginia in 1963. Maria Saporta is identified as the photographer in the photographs.

The SCLC's seventh annual convention occurred from September 24 to September 27 at Virginia Union University in Richmond. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the organization's founding members and acted as president until his 1968 assassination. He spoke on the final night of the conference, in the university's Belgian Building. The photographs are 7 x 9.5 inches each with annotations on the back.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African Americans -- Civil rights
• Civil rights -- Virginia
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
• Social justice
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference