Tent City in Lowndes County, Alabama, home to African Americans who had been evicted after registering to vote.
The photograph was included in an article ("With Independent Slate / Negro rights leader tries power play in Lowndes") that appeared on page 67 of the Birmingham News on April 27, 1966; it was accompanied by the following caption: "'Tent City' Houses Negroes Evicted from Pla...
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| Summary: | The photograph was included in an article ("With Independent Slate / Negro rights leader tries power play in Lowndes") that appeared on page 67 of the Birmingham News on April 27, 1966; it was accompanied by the following caption: "'Tent City' Houses Negroes Evicted from Plantations / SNCC provides land , tent for families until permanent homes are found." |
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