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Clear All Subject Jefferson County (Ala.) State Alabama Type Still Image

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Collection
Lecture series on civil rights in Alabama, 1954-1965

Description:: Lecture series given by Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth on the civil rights movement in Alabama.
Date of Original:: 2001-10-11
Contributing Institution:: University of Alabama Huntsville

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Collection
Alabama Media Group collection

Description:: 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).
Date of Original:: 1956/1991
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

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Collection
Photographs

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.
Date of Original:: 1908/1966
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)