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- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Firemen spraying civil rights demonstrators with fire hoses in front of the Parkview Inn in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, during the Children's Crusade.
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1963-05-03
- Subject:
- Children's Crusade for Children
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Fire fighters
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.) - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Description:
- The following caption accompanies the photograph: "Birmingham, Ala. May 3 - Today, in Birmingham, Public Safety Commissioner Eugene 'Bull' Connor ordered the use of high-pressure fire hoses in an effort to bring demonstrations by blacks to an end. Here, confrontation between firemen and demonstrators occurs at the intersection of Fifth Avenue, North, and Seventeenth Street."
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/206443
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:206443/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:
-