- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Journalists speaking with Mayor R. L. Pegues and other men in front of city hall 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
City halls
Public buildings
Journalists
Mayors--Alabama--Marion
Political science
Marion (Ala.)
Perry County (Ala.) - People:
- Pegues, Royal Leigh, 1927-2007
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- 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/99236
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:99236/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:
-
Journalists speaking with Mayor R. L. Pegues and other men in front of city hall in Marion, Alabama, the day after the civil rights demonstration during which Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot.
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