Martin Luther King, Jr., getting off a plane at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama.

Martin Luther King, Jr., getting off a plane at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama.

A crowd, including journalists, is waiting at the bottom of the stairs; several people are holding umbrellas. King, Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Tee Walker, and A. D. King flew to Birmingham from Atlanta to serve a five-day prison sentence that had been ordered during civil rights protests in 1963. (In 19...

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Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:
Southern Courier photographs
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/4504
format Electronic
collection Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
building Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic Southern Courier photographs
spellingShingle Southern Courier photographs
Martin Luther King, Jr., getting off a plane at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama.
Peppler, Jim
fulltopic Southern Courier photographs
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; African Americans--Civil rights; Airplanes; Airports; Civil rights leaders; Journalists; Transportation; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)
description A crowd, including journalists, is waiting at the bottom of the stairs; several people are holding umbrellas. King, Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Tee Walker, and A. D. King flew to Birmingham from Atlanta to serve a five-day prison sentence that had been ordered during civil rights protests in 1963. (In 1967 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that they had to serve their time in jail.) The prison sentence was discussed in The Southern Courier for November 4-5, 1967 ("King in B'ham Jail: 'Small Price to Pay'"), and the subsequent mass meeting was covered in the issue for November 11-12, 1967 ("It's Like Old Times in B'ham"). Both issues are available online (not on the ADAH website: http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No45_1967_11_04.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No46_1967_11_11.pdf
spelling Q0000054964Q54964Martin Luther King, Jr., getting off a plane at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama.A crowd, including journalists, is waiting at the bottom of the stairs; several people are holding umbrellas. King, Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Tee Walker, and A. D. King flew to Birmingham from Atlanta to serve a five-day prison sentence that had been ordered during civil rights protests in 1963. (In 1967 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that they had to serve their time in jail.) The prison sentence was discussed in The Southern Courier for November 4-5, 1967 ("King in B'ham Jail: 'Small Price to Pay'"), and the subsequent mass meeting was covered in the issue for November 11-12, 1967 ("It's Like Old Times in B'ham"). Both issues are available online (not on the ADAH website: http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No45_1967_11_04.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No46_1967_11_11.pdf1967 October 301960-1969Peppler, JimKing, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; African Americans--Civil rights; Airplanes; Airports; Civil rights leaders; Journalists; Transportation; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)Still imageSlides (Photographs)Peppler, JamesJim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collectionLPP106, Box 1, Binder 1Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130EnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.4000 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/4504
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