The National Negro Congress organized picketing of the federal Office of War Production to demand black hiring, 1941..

ID: 4258 ~ Source: Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Protest - National Negro Congress, Demanding Change Through Direct Action: 717 Florida Avenue NW

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Protest - National Negro Congress, Demanding Change Through Direct Action: 717 Florida Avenue NW

Civil Rights Tour: Protest - National Negro Congress, Demanding Change Through Direct Action: 717 Florida Avenue NW

By DC Historic Preservation Office

"The persistent and forceful campaign which the Washington Council [of the National Negro Congress] and allied organizations have waged against police brutality in Washington has been one of the most…