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Section of abortion protesters' "Life Chain" stretching from Akron City Hospital to Summit Mall, 1990

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Title	Section of abortion protesters' "Life Chain" stretching from Akron City Hospital to Summit Mall, 1990
Subject	Abortion Protesters Akron City Hospital Summit Mall East Market Street West Market Street Protests
Description	A section of the "life chain" that stretched from Akron City Hospital on East Market Street to Summit Mall on West Market Street in Fairlawn on October 7, 1990. For 90 minutes, anti-abortion protesters lined the sidewalks for seven miles to protest abortion. They held signs reading "Abortion Kills Children" and "Jesus Heals and Forgives." They also joined together for 90 minutes of prayer. Over 6,000 people came out for the protest.
Creator	Tople, Paul
Publisher	Akron Beacon Journal
Contributors	Akron Beacon Journal
Date	1990-10-07
Time period	1990s
Type	image
Format	8 x 10 in.
Source	Abortion_1990-1991_1
Verso Transcription	Oct 7 1990 / (newspaper clipping attached to back of photograph)
Relation	Akron Beacon Journal Photograph Collection
About the Collection	This collection includes photographs of Akron and Summit County, Ohio, selected from the archives of the Akron Beacon Journal and contributed through a partnership between the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Images may include crop marks, blacking, opaquing, painting, retouching and other enhancements made prior to publication, including markings that may obscure or revise original elements of the photographs. These markings and enhancements have been left intact intentionally.
Rights	Copyright Beacon Journal Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Reproductions	http://www.summitmemory.org/cdm/abjreproductions
Sources Consulted	"Summit abortion protest a 7-mile 'Life Chain'" Akron Beacon Journal (?) Sunday, October 7, 1990.
Date created	January 13 2015
Date modified	October 19 2016

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Title	Abortion_1990-1991_1a
Description	Front of photograph.
Contributors	Akron Beacon Journal
Type	image
Source	Abortion_1990-1991_1a.jpg
Relation	Akron Beacon Journal Photograph Collection
About the Collection	This collection includes photographs of Akron and Summit County, Ohio, selected from the archives of the Akron Beacon Journal and contributed through a partnership between the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Images may include crop marks, blacking, opaquing, painting, retouching and other enhancements made prior to publication, including markings that may obscure or revise original elements of the photographs. These markings and enhancements have been left intact intentionally.
Rights	Copyright Beacon Journal Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Reproductions	http://www.summitmemory.org/cdm/abjreproductions
Date created	November 01 2014
Date modified	November 01 2014

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