- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- A Pray-In at the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma, Alabama, circa 1965
- Date of Original:
- 1961/1969
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Demonstrations
Voting
African American teenagers - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Teenage students stage a pray-in on the sidewalk in front of the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (SEX1) SELMA, ALA., Feb. 11 -- PRAY-IN AT COURT HOUSE -- Teen-aged Negro students tried successfully a new tactic in their demonstration today at Selma, Ala. They staged a pray-in on the sidewalk in front of the Dallas County court house, in their drive for the right to vote. Sheriff James Clark allowed the demonstration to proceed unmolested.
The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:02275
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199
Series: Photographs; Subseries: SCLC - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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