Police Chief Drue Lackey addressing a crowd during a civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama, probably ordering them to disperse.
He is speaking into a microphone attached to a bullhorn; Roosevelt Barnett is standing in front of him. 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...
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| Summary: | He is speaking into a microphone attached to a bullhorn; Roosevelt Barnett is standing in front of him. 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 |
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