Fred and Ruby Shuttlesworth in the white waiting room at Terminal Station in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Shuttlesworths were challenging local segregation practices by waiting for their train to Atlanta in the space reserved for white and interstate passengers. They were able to travel safely to their destination, but Lamar Weaver, a white civil rights activist who had come to the station to show h...
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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/180381 |