Demonstrators at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama, protesting the incarceration of Fred Shuttlesworth and several other civil rights leaders.
People are carrying signs that read, "Our Leaders Are Sacrificing (5) Days So Are We!!!"; "While You Sacrifice in Jail We Will Mourn"; and "How Great It Is Knowing We Will Be Free Some Day." In October 1967, Fred Shuttlesworth, J. W. Hayes, and T. L. Fisher flew to Birm...
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| Summary: | People are carrying signs that read, "Our Leaders Are Sacrificing (5) Days So Are We!!!"; "While You Sacrifice in Jail We Will Mourn"; and "How Great It Is Knowing We Will Be Free Some Day." In October 1967, Fred Shuttlesworth, J. W. Hayes, and T. L. Fisher flew to Birmingham to serve a five-day prison sentence that had been ordered during civil rights protests in 1963. (In 1967 the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that they had to serve their time in jail.) |
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