Boy standing outside a tent where his family is living in Lowndes County, Alabama.
The boy is wearing a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) button. This photograph may have been taken by Viola Bradford. The residents of "Tent City" had been evicted from their homes after registering to vote. This image was used in the article "A Christmas Eve in Tent Ci...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | The boy is wearing a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) button. This photograph may have been taken by Viola Bradford. The residents of "Tent City" had been evicted from their homes after registering to vote. This image was used in the article "A Christmas Eve in Tent City--'It's Too Cold to Make a Cake'" by Viola Bradford, which appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for December 31, 1966-January 1, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No01_1967_01_01.pdf |
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