- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Demonstration in the Kingston neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama, protesting the city's reaction to the shooting death of Bonita Carter.
- Creator:
- Ayres, Jerry
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1979-07-14
- Subject:
- Carter, Bonita Beatrice, 1959-1979--Death and burial
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Police shootings
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.) - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- They are carrying a banner and signs that read, "Justice for Bonita Carter / Jail the Killer Cop! Down with Police Terror! / People United to Fight Police Terror" and "Avenge the Murder of Bonita Carter." 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 an extraordinary 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/124761
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:124761/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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