- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Ben "Sunshine" Owens and other 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.) - People:
- Owens, Ben, 1914-
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- He is carrying a sign that reads, "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/103735
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:103735/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:
-
