- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- A Protester Holds a "Hire Black Police" Sign in Decatur, Alabama, 1979
- Date of Original:
- 1979
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Demonstrations - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Morgan County, Decatur, 34.60593, -86.98334
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A protester in Decatur, Alabama holds a sign that reads "Hire Black Police". Written on verso: This demonstrator displays a sign calling for one of the black community's demands. Others include hiring of blacks in county government and equal opportunity in employment in the private sector.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:04532
- 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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