Portrait of Joseph Waller

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Unknown

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Creation Date

January 1970

Time Period

circa 1970s

Abstract

A portrait of Joseph Waller who now goes by the name Omali Yeshitela.

Keywords

Omali Yeshitela, African People's Socialist Party

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

Format

Digital Only

Note

Joseph Waller now goes by the name Omali Yeshitela. He is the co-founder and current chairperson of the African People's Socialist Party. He was involved in the Civil Rights Movement in St. Petersburg and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In 1966, he tore down murals depicting racist tropes on City Hall and was sentenced to five years in a Florida state prison.

Provenance

Donated and permissions granted by The Weekly Challenger to USFSP Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, Special Collections & University Archives on October 25, 2016

Digital Responsible Institution

University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

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JPEG

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Portrait of Joseph Waller" (1970). Weekly Challenger Image Collection. Image 123.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/challenger_images/123