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Sullivan, L. B.

Authoritative Name:

Sullivan, L. B.

Biography:

Montgomery, Alabama police commissioner during the Freedom Rides and race riots in 1961. He asserted that race relations in Montgomery had improved in the early 1960s and worried about the negative effects of the presence of the Freedom Riders.

Associated Subjects:

Sullivan, L. B.

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

12 items in 2 collections (expand all)

L. B. Sullivan, city commissioner of public safety, addressing a crowd during a civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama, probably ordering them to disperse.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1967-06
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

L. B. Sullivan, city commissioner of public safety, addressing a crowd during a civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama, probably ordering them to disperse.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1967-06
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

L. B. Sullivan, city commissioner of public safety, addressing a crowd during a civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama, probably ordering them to disperse.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1967-06
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

L. B. Sullivan, city commissioner of public safety, addressing a crowd during a civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama, probably ordering them to disperse.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1967-06
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

L. B. Sullivan, city commissioner of public safety, speaking to a police officer and several other men during a civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1967-06
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

L. B. Sullivan, city commissioner of public safety, speaking to a police officers and other men during a civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1967-06
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of police commissioner L. B. Sullivan speaking about the Freedom Rides and about race riots in Montgomery, Alabama, 1961 May 21

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-05-21
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection