- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Klansman carrying a sign at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Montgomery, Alabama.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1967-12-10
- Subject:
- United Klans of America
United Klans of America--Uniforms
Demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery
White supremacy movements--Alabama--Montgomery
Alabama--Race relations
Signs and signboards--Alabama--Montgomery
Firearms--Law and legislation--United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Communism--United States
United States--Politics and government--1963-1969
Flags--Confederate States of America - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, 32.22026, -86.20761
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
negatives (photographs) - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The sign reads, "Will It Be Christ or Anti-Christ / Free Men Are Not Equal - Equal Men Are Not Free / Register Communists Not Firearms / Stop Foreign Aid / Don't Worry A Disarmed U.S. Will Protect You / I'm Fighting Poverty I Work for a Living." A pickup truck behind him is decorated with Klan banners and Confederate flags; behind the truck is a large cutout of a Klansman holding a cross while riding on the back of a rearing horse. This image was taken for (but not used in) an article and photo spread that appeared on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for December 16-17, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No51_1967_12_16.pdf
- Local Identifier:
- Q16667
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/6148
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:6148/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Peppler, James, Jim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collection, Box Notebook 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
Klansman carrying a sign at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Montgomery, Alabama.
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