P. H. Lewis, F. D. Reese, and others, linking arms and singing behind the podium at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama.
Martin Luther King, Jr., had been scheduled to attend at the meeting, but C. T. Vivian spoke instead. The event was discussed in the article "King Skips Ala.," which appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for August 20, 1965. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): htt...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/2753 |