- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Richard Boone, Lula Williams, and others, marching down Montgomery Street in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, during a civil rights demonstration.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1967-06-13
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers
Police
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.) - People:
- Boone, Richard Charles, 1937-2013
Williams, Lula, 1944- - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Policemen on motorcycles are escorting the marchers. Several businesses are visible on the street, including the Jefferson Davis Hotel and Guaranty Savings Life Insurance Company. The image is very dark. Several marches and demonstrations took place in Montgomery in June 1967. They were discussed in an article ("Marches Held in Capital") on pages 1 and 6 of The Southern Courier for June 17-18, 1967, and in an article ("Goals No Closer for Marchers in Capital") and a photo spread ("Montgomery Marches") on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for June 24-25, 1967. The issues are available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No25_1967_06_17.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No26_1967_06_24.pdf
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/2110
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:2110/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
- Original Collection:
- Peppler, James
Jim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collection
LPP106, Box 2, Binder 3 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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