Group standing and sitting on a sidewalk in a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama, during a civil rights demonstration.

Many of the participants are clapping and singing. (One of the women is Gladys Williams.) Police officers are standing behind the group. Several marches and demonstrations took place in Montgomery in June 1967. They were discussed in an article ("Marches Held in Capital") on pages 1 and 6...

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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/1967
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Summary:Many of the participants are clapping and singing. (One of the women is Gladys Williams.) Police officers are standing behind the group. Several marches and demonstrations took place in Montgomery in June 1967. They were discussed in an article ("Marches Held in Capital") on pages 1 and 6 of The Southern Courier for June 17-18, 1967, and in an article ("Goals No Closer for Marchers in Capital") and a photo spread ("Montgomery Marches") on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for June 24-25, 1967. The issues are available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No25_1967_06_17.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No26_1967_06_24.pdf