- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Wendell Paris standing 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
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Macon County (Ala.) - People:
- Paris, Wendell H., 1945-
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- They are holding hands and singing. Lawrence F. Haygood of the Westminster Presbyterian Church led the group in a worship service on the steps. 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/2788
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:2788/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:
-
