- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- State trooper clearing bricks and debris outside of Zion United Methodist Church in Marion, Alabama, the day after the civil rights demonstration during which Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot.
- Creator:
- Martin, Spider
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1965-02-19
- Subject:
- Civil rights demonstrations
Police
Marion (Ala.)
Perry County (Ala.) - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The church was the starting place of the demonstration. Jackson's subsequent death on February 26 led to "Bloody Sunday," an attempted voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery during which peaceful demonstrators were attacked by law enforcement officers.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/99014
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:99014/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:
-
State trooper clearing bricks and debris outside of Zion United Methodist Church in Marion, Alabama, the day after the civil rights demonstration during which Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot.
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