- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Men sitting in an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Hosea Williams speak.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1968-02
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery
African American churches--Alabama--Montgomery
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Montgomery
Mass meetings--Alabama--Montgomery
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980
Poor People's Campaign
Maggie Street Missionary Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.) - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, 32.22026, -86.20761
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
negatives (photographs) - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Martin Luther King, Jr., also spoke at the gathering. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "Rallying Support for Poor People's Stay in Washington, " which appeared on page 3 of The Southern Courier for February 24-25, 1968. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol4_No08_1968_02_24.pdf
- Local Identifier:
- Q25718
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/6669
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:6669/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Peppler, James, Jim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collection, Box Notebook 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
