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A collection of photographs of the architecture, businesses, and people of Birmingham. Included in the collection are portraits of prominent historical figures and photographs that document the civil rights movement in the city.

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Creator
Birmingham Police Department
Loveman's (Firm)
Hunt, Oscar V.
Jefferson County (Alabama). Board of Equalization
Birmingham Post Herald
Preston, Charles

Date of Original
1908/1966

Subject
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Loveman's (Firm)
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham--History
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963
Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham
Department stores--Alabama--Birmingham
Picketing--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham--History--20th century
Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham--History--20th century
African American clergy
African American lawyers--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Politics and government
African Americans--Segregation
Birmingham (Ala.)--Officials and employees
Birmingham (Ala.)--Politics and government--20th century
Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham
Democratic Party (Ala.)
Lawyers--Alabama--Birmingham
Mayors--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
Courthouses--Alabama
Jefferson County (Ala.)
Theaters--Alabama--Birmingham

People
Shores, Arthur D. (Arthur Davis), 1904-1996
Billingsley, Orzell, 1924-2001
Boutwell, Albert Burton, 1904-1978
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
Billingsley, Geselda
Jackson, Emory O., 1908-1975
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Morgan, Juliette Hampton, 1914-1957
Sarfaty, Dudley E.

Location
United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249

Medium
photographs

Type
StillImage

Description
A collection of photographs of the architecture, businesses, and people of Birmingham. Included in the collection are portraits of prominent historical figures and photographs that document the civil rights movement in the city.

Metadata URL
https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll6

Contributing Institution
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

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1. At the doors of the Jefferson County Courthouse

Creator:: Birmingham Police Department
Date of Original:: 1966-12-02
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

2. Marchers at City Hall

Creator:: Birmingham Police Department
Date of Original:: 1966-12-02
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

3. March to the Jefferson County Courthouse

Creator:: Birmingham Police Department
Date of Original:: 1966-12-02
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

4. Bombed front door of Arthur Shores' house

Creator:: Birmingham Police Department
Date of Original:: 1963-09-05
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

5. Bombed home of Arthur Shores

Creator:: Birmingham Police Department
Date of Original:: 1963-09-05
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

6. Bombed home of Arthur Shores

Creator:: Birmingham Police Department
Date of Original:: 1963-09-05
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

7. Bombed home of Arthur Shores

Date of Original:: 1963-09-05
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

8. Bombed window in home of Arthur Shores

Creator:: Birmingham Police Department
Date of Original:: 1963-09-05
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

9. African-American man carrying picket sign at Loveman's Department Store, Downtown Birmingham

Creator:: Loveman's Department Store (Ala.)
Date of Original:: 1963
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

10. African-American man holding picket sign at Loveman's Department Store, Downtown Birmingham

Creator:: Loveman's Department Store (Ala.)
Date of Original:: 1963
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

11. African-American man with picket sign at Loveman's, Downtown Birmingham

Creator:: Loveman's Department Store (Ala.)
Date of Original:: 1963
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

12. African-American woman holding picket sign at Loveman's Department Store, Downtown Birmingham

Creator:: Loveman's Department Store (Ala.)
Date of Original:: 1963
Collection:: Photographs
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)