Signs of the Independent Community Improvement Association in front of a building in Harlem.

Several signs are for the Association's Mississippi-Alabama Southern Relief Committee; one reads, "Your donations of food and clothing urgently needed to aid thousands of homeless and destitute families." Other signs oppose liquor stores in the community: "Liquor Stores Must Go!&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/1419
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Summary:Several signs are for the Association's Mississippi-Alabama Southern Relief Committee; one reads, "Your donations of food and clothing urgently needed to aid thousands of homeless and destitute families." Other signs oppose liquor stores in the community: "Liquor Stores Must Go!" and "Less Bottled Booze More Bottled Milk!" This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "Day and Night in Harlem" by Harry Jones, which appeared on page 4 of The Southern Courier fro October 29-30, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No44_1966_10_29.pdf