photo of New Orleans CORE chairman Rudy Lombard
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Title
photo of New Orleans CORE chairman Rudy Lombard
Subject
New Orleans CORE
Description
This is a 1960 photo of New Orleans CORE chairman Rudy Lombard outside of a Woolworth's store on Canal Street in New Orleans during CORE's demonstrations against the department store chain. After he was arrested, his case went all the way to the Supreme Court at which it was overturned and eventually helped set a precedent against the practice of segregation
A student at Xavier University at the time, he went on to get a PhD in urban planning from Syracuse University.
A student at Xavier University at the time, he went on to get a PhD in urban planning from Syracuse University.
Creator
Ralph Uribe
Source
The Times-Picayune
Publisher
http://photos.nola.com
Date
Sept. 9, 1960
Rights
Ralph Uribe/ The Times-Picayune
Coverage
1960. Canal Street, New Orleans
Citation
Ralph Uribe, “ photo of New Orleans CORE chairman Rudy Lombard,” The CORE Project, accessed November 22, 2024, http://www.thecoreproject.org/omeka/items/show/57.