State troopers, Klansmen, and other white observers at the city limits of Cullman, Alabama, awaiting the arrival of a march organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines.

State troopers, Klansmen, and other white observers at the city limits of Cullman, Alabama, awaiting the arrival of a march organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines.

Hines, a 26-year old man who was said to have the mind of a 6-year-old child, had been charged with raping three white women in Decatur. Because his lawyer argued that he could not get a fair trial in Morgan County, it was moved to Cullman, where an all-white jury convicted him of one rape and sente...

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Main Author: Jones
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:
Photographs
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/124734
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
State troopers, Klansmen, and other white observers at the city limits of Cullman, Alabama, awaiting the arrival of a march organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines.
Jones
fulltopic Photographs
Ku Klux Klan (1915-); African Americans--Civil rights; Anti-civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights demonstrations; Law enforcement officers; White supremacy movements; Cullman (Ala.); Cullman County (Ala.)
description Hines, a 26-year old man who was said to have the mind of a 6-year-old child, had been charged with raping three white women in Decatur. Because his lawyer argued that he could not get a fair trial in Morgan County, it was moved to Cullman, where an all-white jury convicted him of one rape and sentenced him to thirty years in prison. Two years later, a different jury found him mentally incompetent to stand trial, and he was transferred to Partlow State School and Hospital in Tuscaloosa, where he stayed for more than a decade.
spelling BN0041813_10BN0041813State troopers, Klansmen, and other white observers at the city limits of Cullman, Alabama, awaiting the arrival of a march organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines.Hines, a 26-year old man who was said to have the mind of a 6-year-old child, had been charged with raping three white women in Decatur. Because his lawyer argued that he could not get a fair trial in Morgan County, it was moved to Cullman, where an all-white jury convicted him of one rape and sentenced him to thirty years in prison. Two years later, a different jury found him mentally incompetent to stand trial, and he was transferred to Partlow State School and Hospital in Tuscaloosa, where he stayed for more than a decade.1978-10-021970-1979JonesBirmingham News78-05517Ku Klux Klan (1915-); African Americans--Civil rights; Anti-civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights demonstrations; Law enforcement officers; White supremacy movements; Cullman (Ala.); Cullman 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/124734
title State troopers, Klansmen, and other white observers at the city limits of Cullman, Alabama, awaiting the arrival of a march organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines.
titleStr State troopers, Klansmen, and other white observers at the city limits of Cullman, Alabama, awaiting the arrival of a march organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines.
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