Civil Rights Demonstrators at the World's Fair, April 22, 1964

A man stands on top of a car holding a sign that reads "First Class Citizenship Now!" as part of a group of demonstrators who were protesting for civil rights on the opening day of the World's Fair in New York. Caption on photo reads: (FA 16) NEW YORK, APRIL 22 -- DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE WORLD'S FAIR -- A Negro demonstrator stands atop a stalled auto on Roosevelt Ave. outside the New York World's Fair this morning as civil rights supporters attempted to tie up traffic by stalling autos on roads leading to the fair's opening ceremonies. Police horse is at left.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