- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Orzell Billingsley of Birmingham, Alabama.
- Creator:
- Falletta, Anthony
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1962
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civic leaders
Civil rights
Lawyers
Birmingham (Ala.)
Jefferson County (Ala.) - People:
- Billingsley, Orzell, 1924-2001
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Billingsley, one of the first African Americans admitted to the Alabama State Bar, was a local political and civil rights leader. Among his more notable legal clients were Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Caliph Washington, who was wrongfully convicted of killing a Bessemer police officer in 1957.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/90141
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:90141/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:
-
