- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Dwight and Floyd Armstrong entering a back door at Graymont School in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Creator:
- Lankford, Tom
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1963-09-04
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Education
Race relations--Alabama
School integration
Segregation--Alabama
Students
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.) - People:
- Armstrong, Dwight, 1904-1984
Armstrong, Floyd, 1930-1999
Armstrong, James, Sr.
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The boys (ages 11 and 9, respectively) were accompanied by their father, James Armstrong Sr., along with a lawyer and Fred Shuttlesworth. A similar image was published in the Birmingham News on September 4, 1963, with the following caption: "Negro Brothers Integrate Graymont School . . . Dwight, Floyd Armstrong accompanied by officer, Negro adults."
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/200795
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:200795/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
Dwight and Floyd Armstrong entering a back door at Graymont School in Birmingham, Alabama.
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