Members of the newly formed States Rights Committee of Alabama at a meeting of Democratic electors and delegates at the Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham.

Left to right: Pelham Merrill, Coleman Long, Lieutenant Governor Clarence Inzer, and Graham Wright. A similar image was published in the Birmingham News on June 19, 1948, with the following caption (the photo in the paper is laterally reversed, so the identifications are in the wrong order): "P...

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Main Author: Jones, Ed
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/200920
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Summary:Left to right: Pelham Merrill, Coleman Long, Lieutenant Governor Clarence Inzer, and Graham Wright. A similar image was published in the Birmingham News on June 19, 1948, with the following caption (the photo in the paper is laterally reversed, so the identifications are in the wrong order): "Push Fight Against Truman - Anti-Truman Democrats Saturday had organized a permanent campaign group to fight 'civil rights' proposals this year and wage continuing war against 'anti-South' measures in future years. This organization, named the States Rights Committee of Alabama, was formed Friday at a statewide meeting of delegates to the Democratic National Convention, presidential elector nominees and others at Tutwiler Hotel. Pictured (above, left to right) are Senator Graham Wright, Talladega, Fourth District Delegate; Lt. Gov. Clarence Inzer, Coleman Long, Uniontown, and Rep. Pelham Merrill, Heflin."