Concerned with the alleged disturbances at Susan Wagner High School in Sea View during the first week in March, this group of black community leaders hold a meeting and press conference in the Martin Luther King Heritage House in New Brighton, New York.

The Staten Island Advance, March 17, 1970 (illustrated/b&w).

On verso: date stamp, newspaper stamp and newspaper caption with date stamp affixed.

Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.

This object has the following keywords:

• Civil Rights Movements
• Community leaders
• Education
• Injustice
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Heritage House
• Meetings
• New Brighton
• Press Conferences
• Racial Discrimination
• Sea View
• Susan Wagner High School

• Image Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. (18.73 x 23.5 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
• Sheet Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (19.37 x 24.13 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin