- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Demonstrators at Kelly Ingram Park before marching to the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest the incarceration of Martin Luther King Jr. and several other civil rights leaders.
- Creator:
- Jones, Ed
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1967-10-30
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Civic leaders
Civil rights
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.) - People:
- Gardner, Edward, 1907-2006
Owens, Ben, 1914- - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Edward Gardner and Ben "Sunshine" Owens are at the front of the group (Gardner is speaking into a bullhorn). People are carrying signs that read, "They Are Going to Jail for Our Freedom"; "They Are Going to 'Jail' to Make 'America' a Better Place"; "How Great It Is Knowing We Will Be Free Some Day"; "While You Sacrifice in Jail We Will Mourn"; and "These Are Our Heroes We Are Proud of Them." On October 30, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Tee Walker, and A. D. King flew to Birmingham from Atlanta 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/103772
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:103772/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 Kelly Ingram Park before marching to the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest the incarceration of Martin Luther King Jr. and several other civil rights leaders.
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