Local authorities searched the church looking for James Farmer, National Director of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). As it turns out, Farmer who’d gone out back, escaped in a hearse, driven by the people at the Good Citizen Funeral Home. A feature-length documentary covering CORE’s workshops in the community can be seen at the Bay Area Television Archive

Courtesy of The Times Picayune | The Advocate

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