- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- James Bevel on Auburn Avenue during the funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1968-04-09
- Subject:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Death and burial
African Americans
Civil rights workers
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Atlanta (Ga.) - People:
- Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008
Featherstone, Ralph, 1932-2003, 1939-1970
Forman, James, 1928-2005
Zellner, Bob - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Ralph Featherstone, a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is standing on the left; James Forman, former executive secretary of SNCC is standing beside him, behind Bevel. Standing on the other side of Bevel is Bob Zellner, former SNCC field secretary. Ebenezer Baptist Church and the J. H. Robinson Launderette are visible in the background. The funeral was covered in the issue of The Southern Courier for April 13-14, 1968, which is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol4_No15_1968_04_13.pdf
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/5341
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:5341/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 1, Binder 1 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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