Rabbi Milton Grafman and Reverend Edward Gardner at city hall in Birmingham, Alabama, presenting the report of an extraordinary committee formed to investigate the shooting death of Bonita Carter.
Carter, a 20-year-old African American woman, was killed on June 22, 1979, by police officer George Sands during an incident at Jerry's Convenient Store in the Kingston neighborhood in Birmingham. She had committed no offense, but Sands fired at the car she was driving without seeing her or ful...
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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/124820 |