Parade to Celebrate the 1964 Civil Rights Act, July 1964

Lutheran Church members march in a parade to celebrate the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Written on verso: Religious Parade for Racial Justice - Members of the congregation of the Lutheran Church of St. John the Evangelist of Brooklyn, N.Y., march along a neighborhood street to give thanks for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 300 parishioners from two churches took part in the rally.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection