- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Anthony Butler, Mattie Gay, and Wendell Paris Testify at a Voting Rights Hearing in Selma, Alabama, February 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982-02
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Voting
Voter registration - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- As part of the events during the pilgrimage march from Carrollton to Montgomery, several African Americans testified at a voting rights hearing held in Selma, Alabama. Written on verso: Alabamians Testify -- Testifying at the voting rights hearing in Selma, Alabama last February during the pilgrimage from Carrollton to Montgomery are (left to right) Anthony Butler of Chowtac County, Mattie Gay of Pickens County and Wendell Paris of Sumpter County. All three witnesses told of instances of intimidation of black voters and expressed concern about the widespread fear in the black communities where they live.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:02502
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- 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 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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