- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Martin Luther King Jr. getting off a plane at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1967-10-30
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Airports
Civic leaders
Civil rights
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.) - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- On October 30, 1967, King, 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/103777
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:103777/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:
-
