Alabama Media Group collection
This collection contains more than 3 million negatives taken by newspaper photographers working for the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times, and Mobile’s Press-Register between the 1920s and the early 2000s (mostly from the 1960s to the 1990s).
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Date of Original
1956/1991
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Dallas County (Ala.)
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.)
Selma (Ala.)
Law enforcement officers
Civil rights leaders
Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965
Race relations--Alabama
Flags--United States
Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965--Commemorations
Children's Crusade, Birmingham, Ala., 1963
Bridges
Voter registration
Journalists
African Americans--Political activity
Segregation--Alabama
Fire fighters
Lowndes County (Ala.)
Alabama River (Ala.)
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Mayors--Alabama
Alabama State Capitol (Montgomery, Ala.)
People
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Freedom Rides, 1961
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Lowery, Joseph E.
Vivian, C. T.
Baker, Wilson
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971
LeFlore, John L., 1903-1976
Young, Andrew, 1932-
McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
Peck, James, 1914-1993
Reese, F. D.
Location
United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
United States, Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville, 34.7304, -86.58594
United States, Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile, 30.69436, -88.04305
Type
StillImage
Description
In December 2016 Alabama Media Group (AMG) donated its collection of historical photographic negatives to the Alabama Department of Archives and History. This collection contains more than 3 million negatives taken by newspaper photographers working for the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times, and Mobile’s Press-Register between the 1920s and the early 2000s (mostly from the 1960s to the 1990s). This digital collection includes both images from the AMG material and the film sleeves where the original negatives are stored.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Alabama. Department of Archives and History