- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Demonstrators at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama, protesting the incarceration of Fred Shuttlesworth and several other civil rights leaders.
- Creator:
- Battle, Dave
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1967-10-23
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Airports
Civil rights demonstrations
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.) - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- People are carrying signs that read, "Our Leaders Are Sacrificing (5) Days So Are We!!!"; "While You Sacrifice in Jail We Will Mourn"; and "How Great It Is Knowing We Will Be Free Some Day." In October 1967, Fred Shuttlesworth, J. W. Hayes, and T. L. Fisher flew to Birmingham to serve a five-day prison sentence that had been ordered during civil rights protests in 1963. (In 1967 the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that they had to serve their time in jail.)
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/103676
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:103676/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
- Original Collection:
- Birmingham News
Alabama Media Group
Alabama Media Group Collection - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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Demonstrators at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama, protesting the incarceration of Fred Shuttlesworth and several other civil rights leaders.
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