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- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Students and faculty from Tuskegee Institute seated on the front steps of Tuskegee Methodist Church, after a failed attempt to desegregate the congregation.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1966-07-24
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Spiritual life
Civil rights demonstrations
Clergy
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Macon County (Ala.) - People:
- Haygood, Lawrence F.
Stevens, Elizabeth Jones
Taylor, Ruby - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Lawrence F. Haygood of the Westminster Presbyterian Church is standing before the group, leading a worship service on the steps; Elizabeth Jones Stevens and Ruby Taylor are seated on either side of the column. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "Church Doors Are Locked" by Mary Ellen Gale, which appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for July 30-31, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No31_1966_07_30.pdf
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/2781
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:2781/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: