Apr. 11, 1964 | Auto Row Protests in San Francisco

Apr. 11, 1964 - Over 200 demonstrators were jailed in San Francisco this afternoon during a mass civil rights protest against three Van Ness auto dealers accused of racial discrimination in employment. The jailings were continued into the late afternoon as a shuttle system of three paddy wagons made circuit tours between the Hall of Justice and the Van Ness Chrysler-Plymouth agency at Van Ness and Ellis St.

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