Students outside Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama, after attempting to join a voter registration demonstration downtown.

Students outside Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama, after attempting to join a voter registration demonstration downtown.

The chain-link wire has been removed from the gate of the fence surrounding the schoolyard. From an article describing the event ("Negro Youths Hurl Rocks") published in the Birmingham Post-Herald on January 12, 1966: "Negro demonstrations continued here yesterday at a stepped-up pace...

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Main Author: Jones, Ed
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:
Photographs
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/180344
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
Students outside Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama, after attempting to join a voter registration demonstration downtown.
Jones, Ed
fulltopic Photographs
African Americans--Civil rights; Buildings; Civil rights demonstrations; Education; Schools; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)
description The chain-link wire has been removed from the gate of the fence surrounding the schoolyard. From an article describing the event ("Negro Youths Hurl Rocks") published in the Birmingham Post-Herald on January 12, 1966: "Negro demonstrations continued here yesterday at a stepped-up pace as students at Parker High School sent a barrage of rocks at policemen who were called to prevent youngsters from leaving to join demonstrators. Officers reportedly fired their shotguns over the head of the students as they strained against a fence which encloses the Negro high school. No one was hurt and approximately 20 of the students finally ran through the broken gate and marched off in the direction of the gathering point for the demonstrating group. . . . Approximately 250 youngsters marched from Kelly Ingram Park in the afternoon to City Hall where the leader, Hosea Williams, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta, again made demands for community voter registration."
spelling BN0020546_01BN0020546Students outside Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama, after attempting to join a voter registration demonstration downtown.The chain-link wire has been removed from the gate of the fence surrounding the schoolyard. From an article describing the event ("Negro Youths Hurl Rocks") published in the Birmingham Post-Herald on January 12, 1966: "Negro demonstrations continued here yesterday at a stepped-up pace as students at Parker High School sent a barrage of rocks at policemen who were called to prevent youngsters from leaving to join demonstrators. Officers reportedly fired their shotguns over the head of the students as they strained against a fence which encloses the Negro high school. No one was hurt and approximately 20 of the students finally ran through the broken gate and marched off in the direction of the gathering point for the demonstrating group. . . . Approximately 250 youngsters marched from Kelly Ingram Park in the afternoon to City Hall where the leader, Hosea Williams, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta, again made demands for community voter registration."1966-01-111960-1969Jones, EdBirmingham News66-00178African Americans--Civil rights; Buildings; Civil rights demonstrations; Education; Schools; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives2000 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/180344
title Students outside Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama, after attempting to join a voter registration demonstration downtown.
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