Jim Peppler Southern courier photograph collection

James H. "Jim" Peppler, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a staff photographer of the weekly paper, The Southern Courier, from May 1965 to mid-1968. During his three years working for the Southern Courier, Mr. Peppler took over 11,000 photographs documenting the civil rights movement, social conditions in central Alabama, the nightclub Laicos in Montgomery, and the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.
More About This Collection
Creator
Peppler, James
Date of Original
1965/1968
Subject
Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965
Protest marches--Alabama
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama
African American civil rights workers--Alabama
Civil rights workers--Alabama
Civil rights movements--Alabama
African Americans--Suffrage
Alabama--Race relations--History--20th century
People
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Location
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, 32.22026, -86.20761
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Medium
black-and-white photographs
Rights Holder
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Contributing Institution
Alabama. Department of Archives and History