WUSTL Film and Media Archive

Title Work

Title No: 6902

Title: Louise Day Hicks at ROAR anti-busing rally in South Boston, October 28, 1974

Medium: Documentation

Original Medium: Photograph

Date: 1974 (Created)

Original Summary:

Louise Day Hicks, surrounding by American flag, stands behind a sign and waves at a ROAR ("Restore Our Alienated Rights") anti-busing rally while a photographer takes her picture in South Boston, October 28, 1974. Sign reads "WELCOME TO BOSTON / THE CITY IS OCCUPIED / A BOYCOTT EXISTS / A TYRANT REIGNS / LAW IS BY DECREE / THE PEOPLE ARE OPPRESSED / THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM STILL LIVES,"  "1774" and "1974."

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Forms: Snapshots; Reproductive prints

Subjects: Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston--Press coverage

Name As Subjects: Hicks, Louise Day

Credits:

	Role	Name
	Source of Material	Boston herald

Items ^x1

	Item	Description
	6902-1	Photographic : B&W Photographic Print on Foam Core Board

Contained By ^x2

	Title No	Title
	6734	America at the racial crossroads exhibition, January-March 7, 2008
	13527	Eyes on the prize II [stock photos]