Rogers, T. Y., -1970

Authoritative Name:
Rogers, T. Y., -1970
Biography:
African American clergyman and civil rights worker. He served as Martin Luther King, Jr.';s assistant at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1960and would return to Alabama in 1964 when he became pastor of First African Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Rogers worked closely with the SCLC. For more information, see https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/rogers-theopholius-yelverton-jr.
Alternate Names:
Rogers, Theophilus Yelverton, 1935-1971
Associated Subjects:
Rogers, T. Y., -1970
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Demonstrators outside the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, protesting the incarceration of Martin Luther King, Jr., and several other civil rights leaders.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-10/1967-11
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Fred Shuttlesworth speaking to an audience during a meeting at St. John's Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-10/1967-11
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Fred Shuttlesworth speaking to an audience during a meeting at St. John's Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-10/1967-11
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Fred Shuttlesworth speaking to demonstrators outside the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, during the incarceration of Martin Luther King, Jr., and several other civil rights leaders.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-10/1967-11
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Jesse Jackson motioning to someone while riding on the cart carrying Martin Luther King, Jr.'s casket during the funeral procession.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1968-04-09
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

T. Y. Rogers and Jesse Jackson on the cart carrying Martin Luther King, Jr.'s casket during the funeral procession on Auburn Avenue.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1968-04-09
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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