Officer Clara Zeigler observing a Ku Klux Klan march on Highway 80 outside of Selma, Alabama.
Zeigler, an African American, was the first woman state trooper in Alabama. One Klansman is holding a sign that reads, "Save Our Land / Join the Klan." The Klan members marched from Selma to Montgomery with the intention of burning a cross in front of the Capitol, but they were stopped by...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/112563 |
Summary: | Zeigler, an African American, was the first woman state trooper in Alabama. One Klansman is holding a sign that reads, "Save Our Land / Join the Klan." The Klan members marched from Selma to Montgomery with the intention of burning a cross in front of the Capitol, but they were stopped by police outside of Montgomery. |
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