White protestors gathering along Dexter Avenue in front of the state judicial building to prevent a civil rights protest march from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church to the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
The crowd of 4,000 whites gathered to prevent a march led by Ralph Abernathy from Dexter Avenue Church to the state capitol. The attempted march was in support of lunch counter sit-ins by Alabama State College students.
Main Author: | Self, Tom |
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Format: | Electronic |
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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/86757 |
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