James Lowery and R. B. Cottonreader speaking with a white man in Cullman, Alabama, after marching from Decatur to Cullman, Alabama, to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines.
Klansmen and state troopers are waiting for them at the city limits sign. The demonstration had been organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; when they arrived in Cullman, participants were arrested for not having a permit to march. Tommy Lee Hines, a 26-year old man who was said t...
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Photographs James Lowery and R. B. Cottonreader speaking with a white man in Cullman, Alabama, after marching from Decatur to Cullman, Alabama, to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines. Jones |
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Photographs Cottonreader, R. B.; Lowery, Joseph E.; African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights leaders; Cullman (Ala.); Cullman County (Ala.) |
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Klansmen and state troopers are waiting for them at the city limits sign. The demonstration had been organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; when they arrived in Cullman, participants were arrested for not having a permit to march. Tommy Lee 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. |
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BN0041813_02BN0041813James Lowery and R. B. Cottonreader speaking with a white man in Cullman, Alabama, after marching from Decatur to Cullman, Alabama, to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines.Klansmen and state troopers are waiting for them at the city limits sign. The demonstration had been organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; when they arrived in Cullman, participants were arrested for not having a permit to march. Tommy Lee 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 News78-05517Cottonreader, R. B.; Lowery, Joseph E.; African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights leaders; 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/124737 |
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James Lowery and R. B. Cottonreader speaking with a white man in Cullman, Alabama, after marching from Decatur to Cullman, Alabama, to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines. |
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James Lowery and R. B. Cottonreader speaking with a white man in Cullman, Alabama, after marching from Decatur to Cullman, Alabama, to protest the upcoming trial of Tommy Lee Hines. |
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