- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- State troopers on the lawn of the courthouse 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
Buildings
Courthouses
Public buildings
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:
- They are across the street from Zion United Methodist Church, where the demonstration began. 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/99162
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:99162/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:
-
