Man playing checkers on the front porch of a cinder block house in Newtown, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama.

He is using bottle caps as game pieces. Other people are sitting and standing around him on the porch. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "'Newtown'--A Community Apart," which appeared on pages 4 and 5 of The Southern Courier for August 26-27,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/10304
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Summary:He is using bottle caps as game pieces. Other people are sitting and standing around him on the porch. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "'Newtown'--A Community Apart," which appeared on pages 4 and 5 of The Southern Courier for August 26-27, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No35_1967_08_26.pdf