[Houston] Protests at Manned Spacecraft Center

Creator

United Press International
Central Press Association

Files

Identifier

ELIBR0154, F58

Creation Date

4-18-1970

Description

Central Press Association photograph, 4/20/1970, depicts a scene of men, women, and children sitting and standing with posters. A law enforcement officer looks on. The typed caption on the photo reads, "PO41808-4/18/70-Space Center, Houston: A group of about 20 persons, carrying signs and shouting antiwar slogans, disrupted President Nixon's appearance at the Manned Spacecraft Center 4/18. The group appeared [...] the President was presenting Freedom Medals to Apollo 13 ground controllers. A dozen brown-clad Harris County sheriff's deputies moved in on the group, mostly Mexican-Americans and Negroes, and removed three [...] from the area. The President did not appear to notice. UPI Telephoto jam"

Physical Description

JPG, BW photo, 10x8"

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Recommended Citation

United Press International. Protests at Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, TX, 1970-04-18. Migration, deportation photographs, 1948 - 1982. Miscellaneous Photographs Collection, ELIBR-0154. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus. UTRGV Digital Library https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/miscphotosedinburg/