Buildings on fire at the corner of 6th Avenue North and 15th Street North in Birmingham, Alabama, after the bombing of the Gaston Motel.

Buildings on fire at the corner of 6th Avenue North and 15th Street North in Birmingham, Alabama, after the bombing of the Gaston Motel.

A Birmingham Police Department tank is parked on the street, and a Birmingham News photographer Tom Lankford is standing to the right. Martin Luther King Jr. had been staying at the motel, which was owned by A. G. Gaston.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dean, Norman
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/16255

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