- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Civil rights activists Rachel Nelson and Sheyann Webb demonstrating at a Ku Klux Klan march in Selma, Alabama.
- Creator:
- Sikora, Frank
Bray, Bob - Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1979-08-10
- Subject:
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-)
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
White supremacy movements
Selma (Ala.)
Dallas County (Ala.) - People:
- Nelson, Rachel West
Webb, Sheyann - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- They are holding signs that read, "Save Our Land / Damn the Klans" and "Black Power." Both women had been involved in the civil rights movement since they were children. (The Klan members marched from Selma to Montgomery with the intention of burning a cross in front of the Capitol, but they were stopped by police outside of Montgomery.)
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/112514
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:112514/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:
-
