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1917 NAACP Silent Protest Parade (Yale Library)

Yale University Library. '1917 NAACP Silent Protest Parade, Fifth Avenue, New York City.' July 28, 1917; an estimated 10,000 marchers; silent, with the only sound from the drums leading the procession.

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yale-library-silent-protest-parade-1917
Type
web
Trust tier
A
Status
published

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Backs both Silent Parade sentences: the ten thousand, the silence, and the drums at the front of the line. Corroborated by the Library of Congress WWI exhibition.

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Creator
Yale University Library
Accessed
2026-08-06

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