This UPI photo shows 7 people carrying signs in a picket line outside the Des Moines Capital building. The group is almost equally Black and White people. The signs read: “Who runs the City Council?” “Let Realtors Open the Closed Doors!” and signs with the “equals (=)” symbol, among other things. A young Black man carries a loud speaker as well as a sign.
The caption to the photo:
“NWP110401-11/4/63 -Des Moines, IA- The Congress of Racial Equality (Core) set up picket lines around city hall 11/4 protesting the city council’s rejection of “open occupancy” housing ordinances. Spokesmen said the demonstrations would be repeated from time to time until the council acts favorably on an anti-discrimination in housing ordinance. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO.