Caliph Washington at the Jefferson County courthouse in Bessemer, Alabama, after being released on bond from the county jail.
He is being interviewed by a journalist. Washington was charged with killing a Lipscomb police officer in 1957. By 1970, he had been tried and convicted twice, but both decisions were overturned. Though tried and found guilty a third time in April 1970, he was finally released from prison in March 1...
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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 Caliph Washington at the Jefferson County courthouse in Bessemer, Alabama, after being released on bond from the county jail. Paravicini, Haywood |
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Photographs Washington, Caliph, 1939-2001; African Americans--Capture & imprisonment; Journalists; Prisoners; Bessemer (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.) |
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He is being interviewed by a journalist. Washington was charged with killing a Lipscomb police officer in 1957. By 1970, he had been tried and convicted twice, but both decisions were overturned. Though tried and found guilty a third time in April 1970, he was finally released from prison in March 1971. |
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BN0027218_08BN0027218Caliph Washington at the Jefferson County courthouse in Bessemer, Alabama, after being released on bond from the county jail.He is being interviewed by a journalist. Washington was charged with killing a Lipscomb police officer in 1957. By 1970, he had been tried and convicted twice, but both decisions were overturned. Though tried and found guilty a third time in April 1970, he was finally released from prison in March 1971.1970-03-311970-1979Paravicini, HaywoodBirmingham News70-01600Washington, Caliph, 1939-2001; African Americans--Capture & imprisonment; Journalists; Prisoners; Bessemer (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/108698 |
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Caliph Washington at the Jefferson County courthouse in Bessemer, Alabama, after being released on bond from the county jail. |
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Caliph Washington at the Jefferson County courthouse in Bessemer, Alabama, after being released on bond from the county jail. |
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Paravicini, Haywood |
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Paravicini, Haywood |
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