State troopers walking in front of Thomas Reed and others as they march toward the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, to attempt to remove the Confederate flag from atop the dome.
The demonstration was organized by Reed, a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and president of the state chapter of the NAACP. He had asked Governor Guy Hunt to remove the flag by noon on February 2, 1988, which was the first day of the new legislative session. When the governor did not...
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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/118501 |