- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Committee investigating the shooting death of Bonita Carter in the mayor's conference room at city hall in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Creator:
- Ayres, Jerry
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1979-07-07
- Subject:
- Carter, Bonita Beatrice, 1959-1979--Death and burial
African Americans--Civil rights
Civic leaders
Civil rights
Clergy
Police shootings
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.) - People:
- Gardner, Edward, 1907-2006
Grafman, Milton L., 1907-1995 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Rabbi Milton Grafman is seated at the head of the conference table, and Reverend Edward Gardner is seated beside him on the left. Carter, a 20-year-old African American woman, was killed on June 22, 1979, by police officer George Sands during an incident at Jerry's Convenient Store in the Kingston neighborhood in Birmingham. She had committed no offense, but Sands fired at the car she was driving without seeing her or fully understanding the situation. Though this committee found the shooting to be unjustified, an internal investigation determined that the officer had acted in accordance with established policy, and he was not removed from the police force. For more details, see https://www.al.com/reckon/2020/11/decades-before-black-lives-matter-bonita-carter-changed-alabama-forever.html
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/124727
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:124727/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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