Roosevelt Scott looking over the wall of a cinder block house being constructed for his family in Lowndes County, Alabama.
The Scott family was living in a tent at the time this photograph was taken; the residents of "Tent City" had been evicted from their homes after registering to vote. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "A Christmas Eve in Tent City--'It's Too Cold to Make...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/1862 |
| Summary: | The Scott family was living in a tent at the time this photograph was taken; the residents of "Tent City" had been evicted from their homes after registering to vote. This image was taken for (but not 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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