Citizens of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, holding a mock funeral for their school system outside the federal building in downtown Birmingham.
Pallbearers are carrying a wooden casket, and two men are holding a sign that reads, "Pleasant Grove City School / Born August 1969 / Died September 1971 / Victim of Pre-Meditated Murder by Fed. Judge Sam Pointer Jr. / Jeff Co. Board of Ed - Accomplice." After Pleasant Grove refused to pur...
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Photographs Citizens of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, holding a mock funeral for their school system outside the federal building in downtown Birmingham. Ayres, Jerry |
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Photographs Anti-civil rights demonstrations; Education; Flags--United States; School integration; Segregation--Alabama; White supremacy movements; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.) |
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Pallbearers are carrying a wooden casket, and two men are holding a sign that reads, "Pleasant Grove City School / Born August 1969 / Died September 1971 / Victim of Pre-Meditated Murder by Fed. Judge Sam Pointer Jr. / Jeff Co. Board of Ed - Accomplice." After Pleasant Grove refused to purchase buses to bring African American students to their segregated school system (ostensibly because it could not afford to do so), U.S. District Court Judge Sam Pointer ordered that the schools be returned to the Jefferson County system (from which they had separated in 1969). |
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BN0031111_01BN0031111Citizens of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, holding a mock funeral for their school system outside the federal building in downtown Birmingham.Pallbearers are carrying a wooden casket, and two men are holding a sign that reads, "Pleasant Grove City School / Born August 1969 / Died September 1971 / Victim of Pre-Meditated Murder by Fed. Judge Sam Pointer Jr. / Jeff Co. Board of Ed - Accomplice." After Pleasant Grove refused to purchase buses to bring African American students to their segregated school system (ostensibly because it could not afford to do so), U.S. District Court Judge Sam Pointer ordered that the schools be returned to the Jefferson County system (from which they had separated in 1969).1971-09-241970-1979Ayres, JerryBirmingham News71-05104Anti-civil rights demonstrations; Education; Flags--United States; School integration; Segregation--Alabama; White supremacy movements; 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/112531 |
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Citizens of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, holding a mock funeral for their school system outside the federal building in downtown Birmingham. |
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Citizens of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, holding a mock funeral for their school system outside the federal building in downtown Birmingham. |
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Ayres, Jerry |
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Ayres, Jerry |
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