- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- R.B. Cottonreader Speaks at a Rally, circa 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1981/1982
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
African American women
Voting
Demonstrations - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Pickens County, 33.28088, -88.08869
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Field Secretary R.B. Cottonreader speaks to rally attendees. SCLC-Alabama President John Nettles and Maggie Bozeman stand behind Cottonreader. Written on verso: Pickens County -- SCLC Field Secretary R.B. Cottonreader leads rally at the courthouse in Pickens County which was held as an expression of support for Maggie Bozeman, 51, and Julia Wilder, 69, who were convicted by all-white juries in 1979 on a charge of vote fraud. Cottonreader is flanked by Alabama SCLC President John Nettles and Mrs. Bozeman.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:05044
- 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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