Wendell Paris and other students and faculty from Tuskegee Institute, standing on the front steps of Tuskegee Methodist Church after a failed attempt to desegregate the congregation.

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Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Title:: Wendell Paris and other students and faculty from Tuskegee Institute, 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:: Jones, Pattie Ridley
Paris, Wendell H., 1945-
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:: They are holding hands and singing; Elizabeth Jones Stevens is standing to the left of Paris, and Ruby Taylor and Pattie Jones are standing to the right. 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/2789
IIIF manifest:: http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:2789/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
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