- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Theophilus Smith standing outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1968-02
- Subject:
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)--Employees
African American churches--Alabama--Selma
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Selma
Mass meetings--Alabama--Selma
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980
Poor People's Campaign
African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma
Tabernacle Baptist Church (Selma, Ala.) - People:
- Smith, Theophilus
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Dallas County, 32.32597, -87.10648
United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
negatives (photographs) - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Martin Luther King spoke to a gathering at the church building the day this photograph was shot. The image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "Rallying Support for Poor People's Stay in Washington, " which appeared on page 3 of The Southern Courier for February 24-25, 1968. The issue is available online: http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol4_No08_1968_02_24.pdf
- Local Identifier:
- Q25420
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/6526
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:6526/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Peppler, James, Jim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collection, Box Notebook 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
