Demonstrators marching to the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest the incarceration of Martin Luther King Jr. and several other civil rights leaders.

People are carrying signs that read, "While You Sacrifice in Jail We Will Mourn" and "We Mourn in Sympathy for Our Ministers." On October 30, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Tee Walker, and A. D. King flew to Birmingham from Atlanta to serve a five-day prison...

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Main Author:	Jones, Ed
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/103739

format	Electronic
collection	Alabama Media Group Collection
building	Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher	Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic	Photographs
spellingShingle	Photographs Demonstrators marching to the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest the incarceration of Martin Luther King Jr. and several other civil rights leaders. Jones, Ed
fulltopic	Photographs African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)
description	People are carrying signs that read, "While You Sacrifice in Jail We Will Mourn" and "We Mourn in Sympathy for Our Ministers." On October 30, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr., 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.)
spelling	BN0021760_02BN0021760Demonstrators marching to the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest the incarceration of Martin Luther King Jr. and several other civil rights leaders.People are carrying signs that read, "While You Sacrifice in Jail We Will Mourn" and "We Mourn in Sympathy for Our Ministers." On October 30, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr., 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.)1967-10-301960-1969Jones, EdBirmingham News67-05817African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives2000 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/103739
title	Demonstrators marching to the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest the incarceration of Martin Luther King Jr. and several other civil rights leaders.
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Demonstrators marching to the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest the incarceration of Martin Luther King Jr. and several other civil rights leaders.

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