- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Buildings on fire at the corner of 6th Avenue North and 15th Street North in Birmingham, Alabama, after the bombing of the Gaston Motel.
- Creator:
- Dean, Norman
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1963-05-11
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Armored vehicles, Military
Bombings
Hate crimes
Photographers
Race relations--Alabama
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.) - People:
- Lankford, Thomas Earl, 1935-2020
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A Birmingham Police Department tank is parked on the street, and a Birmingham News photographer Tom Lankford is standing to the right. Martin Luther King Jr. had been staying at the motel, which was owned by A. G. Gaston.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/16255
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:16255/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:
-
