Alabama state troopers standing in front of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, to prevent a civil rights protest march from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
The demonstration was planned to show support for the Alabama State College students involved in lunch counter sit-ins. A crowd of 4,000 white protestors gathered to prevent the march, which ended in violence and retreat.
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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/86779 |