Mary Ellen Gale, Southern Courier reporter, taking notes during a political rally, probably in Tuskegee, Alabama.
A poster for Thomas Reed is on a car behind her. Reed and Fred Gray were both running for the 31st District seat in the Alabama House of Representatives (Barbour, Bullock, and Macon Counties). They lost in 1966 but won in 1970, becoming the first African Americans to serve in the Alabama House since...
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Southern Courier photographs |
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Southern Courier photographs Mary Ellen Gale, Southern Courier reporter, taking notes during a political rally, probably in Tuskegee, Alabama. Peppler, Jim |
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Southern Courier photographs Gale, Mary Ellen; Journalists; Political campaigns; Politics & government; Tuskegee (Ala.); Macon County (Ala.) |
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A poster for Thomas Reed is on a car behind her. Reed and Fred Gray were both running for the 31st District seat in the Alabama House of Representatives (Barbour, Bullock, and Macon Counties). They lost in 1966 but won in 1970, becoming the first African Americans to serve in the Alabama House since Reconstruction. This image was taken for (but not used in) the photo spread "New Faces in Alabama Politics," which appeared on page 3 of The Southern Courier for April 30-May 1, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No18_1966_04_30.pdf |
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Q0000123249Q123249Mary Ellen Gale, Southern Courier reporter, taking notes during a political rally, probably in Tuskegee, Alabama.A poster for Thomas Reed is on a car behind her. Reed and Fred Gray were both running for the 31st District seat in the Alabama House of Representatives (Barbour, Bullock, and Macon Counties). They lost in 1966 but won in 1970, becoming the first African Americans to serve in the Alabama House since Reconstruction. This image was taken for (but not used in) the photo spread "New Faces in Alabama Politics," which appeared on page 3 of The Southern Courier for April 30-May 1, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No18_1966_04_30.pdf1966 April1960-1969Peppler, JimGale, Mary Ellen; Journalists; Political campaigns; Politics & government; Tuskegee (Ala.); Macon County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographic)Peppler, JamesJim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collectionLPP106, Box 3Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130 EnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.4000 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/13380 |
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Mary Ellen Gale, Southern Courier reporter, taking notes during a political rally, probably in Tuskegee, Alabama. |
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Mary Ellen Gale, Southern Courier reporter, taking notes during a political rally, probably in Tuskegee, Alabama. |
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Peppler, Jim |
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Peppler, Jim |
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