Mayor Joe Striplin reading Executive Order Number 22 during a visit by Governor George Wallace to Hobson City, Alabama.
Mayor B. A. Adams of Oxford is standing to the right of Striplin. A similar image was published in the Birmingham News on August 19, 1971, with the following caption: "Mayors Examine Wording of Governor's Executive Order . . . From left, Joe Striplin of Hobson City, B. A. Adams of Oxford,...
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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/206435 |
| Summary: | Mayor B. A. Adams of Oxford is standing to the right of Striplin. A similar image was published in the Birmingham News on August 19, 1971, with the following caption: "Mayors Examine Wording of Governor's Executive Order . . . From left, Joe Striplin of Hobson City, B. A. Adams of Oxford, Wallace." In the order, Wallace reestablished the previous year's school zones in the area to prevent busing. For the text of the order, see https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/executive/id/584. |
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