Roosevelt Barnett speaking to L. B. Sullivan, city commissioner of public safety, during a civil rights demonstration in downtown Montgomery, Alabama.

Sullivan is probably halting the march that was supposed to take place. Michael S. Lottman, staff member for The Southern Courier, is standing in the foreground. Several marches and demonstrations took place in Montgomery in June 1967. They were discussed in an article ("Marches Held in Capital...

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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/2008
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Summary:Sullivan is probably halting the march that was supposed to take place. Michael S. Lottman, staff member for The Southern Courier, is standing in the foreground. 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