Fred Shuttlesworth speaking to demonstrators outside the Jefferson County courthouse in Bessemer, Alabama, during the incarceration of Martin Luther King, Jr., and several other civil rights leaders.
Hosea Williams is standing beside Shuttlesworth. One person is holding a sign that reads, "They Are Going to 'Jail' to Make America a Better Place to Stay." On October 30, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Tee Walker, and A. D. King flew to Birmingham from Atla...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic |
| Published: |
Alabama Department of Archives and History
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/4499 |