Martin Luther King Jr. getting off a plane at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama.
On October 30, 1967, King, Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Tee Walker, and A. D. King flew to Birmingham from Atlanta 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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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Alabama Media Group Collection |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Photographs Martin Luther King Jr. getting off a plane at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama. |
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Photographs King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; African Americans--Civil rights; Airports; Civil rights leaders; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.) |
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On October 30, 1967, King, Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Tee Walker, and A. D. King flew to Birmingham from Atlanta 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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BN0021763_02BN0021763Martin Luther King Jr. getting off a plane at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama.On October 30, 1967, King, Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Tee Walker, and A. D. King flew to Birmingham from Atlanta 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.)1967-10-301960-1969Birmingham News67-05834King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; African Americans--Civil rights; Airports; Civil rights leaders; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives4000 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/103727 |
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Martin Luther King Jr. getting off a plane at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama. |
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Martin Luther King Jr. getting off a plane at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama. |
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