A Pictorial Biography: Clarence Mitchell Jr.Main MenuA Pictorial Biography: Clarence Mitchell Jr.Biographical SectionsErica Cavanaugh4e4deeebc4cbee6daa4e3b78bae785da5e73f1b8To our knowledge, The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. has been granted permission to use all images displayed or they are in the public domain. Please contact the project at https://www.clarencemitchellpapers.com/contact if there are any copyright con
Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph and Martin Luther King at Prayer Pilgrimage, 1957
12020-07-14T17:30:32+00:00Erica Cavanaugh4e4deeebc4cbee6daa4e3b78bae785da5e73f1b811Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary (2d. from left, sitting), speaking with A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Next to the right are the Rev. Tom Kilgore of the Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles, and subsequently the Friendship Baptist Church in Harlem, and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Wilkins had strongly criticized King for taking credit for the event. It was Randolph who had first called for the rally. Although he is not pictured, Mitchell played a key role in organizing the event.plain2020-07-14T17:30:32+00:00Library of CongressMay 17, 1957Washington, D.C.Erica Cavanaugh4e4deeebc4cbee6daa4e3b78bae785da5e73f1b8