- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Replicas of caskets memorializing civil rights martyrs in the bed of a pickup truck parked outside a wooden building in rural Lowndes County, Alabama.
- Creator:
- Aiken, Elizabeth Boone
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1965-03
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Coffins
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Lowndes County (Ala.) - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The replicas bear the names of John Ware Coley, William Moore, James Reeb, and Virgil Ware. The exact event and date of the photograph are unidentified, though it was related to the Selma demonstrations or Selma to Montgomery March.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/45248
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:45248/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
- Original Collection:
- Birmingham News
Alabama Media Group
Alabama Media Group Collection - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
