Governor Lurleen Wallace addressing a joint session of the legislature in the House chamber at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

Albert Brewer and Rankin Fite are seated behind her. Brewer was lieutenant governor (and therefore president of the Senate) from 1967 to 1968, and Fite was Speaker of the House from 1967 to 1971. The session was held to discuss the federal court order requiring statewide school desegregation. The go...

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Main Author: Peppler, Jim
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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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collection Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
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Governor Lurleen Wallace addressing a joint session of the legislature in the House chamber at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
Peppler, Jim
fulltopic Southern Courier photographs
Brewer, Albert P., 1928-; Fite, Ernest Rankin, 1916-1980; Wallace, Lurleen, 1926-1968; Government officials--Alabama; Governors; Legislators--Alabama; Politics & government; Montgomery (Ala.); Montgomery County (Ala.)
description Albert Brewer and Rankin Fite are seated behind her. Brewer was lieutenant governor (and therefore president of the Senate) from 1967 to 1968, and Fite was Speaker of the House from 1967 to 1971. The session was held to discuss the federal court order requiring statewide school desegregation. The governor had asked the legislators to give her the power to resist the order, so they met to consider her request. Educators and other witnesses offered testimony for and against the integration order. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "U.S. Order 'Impossible,' Educators Say at Hearing" by Mary Ellen Gale, which appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for April 8-9, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No15_1967_04_08.pdf
spelling Q0000019353Q19353Governor Lurleen Wallace addressing a joint session of the legislature in the House chamber at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.Albert Brewer and Rankin Fite are seated behind her. Brewer was lieutenant governor (and therefore president of the Senate) from 1967 to 1968, and Fite was Speaker of the House from 1967 to 1971. The session was held to discuss the federal court order requiring statewide school desegregation. The governor had asked the legislators to give her the power to resist the order, so they met to consider her request. Educators and other witnesses offered testimony for and against the integration order. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "U.S. Order 'Impossible,' Educators Say at Hearing" by Mary Ellen Gale, which appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for April 8-9, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No15_1967_04_08.pdf1967 April 51960-1969Peppler, JimBrewer, Albert P., 1928-; Fite, Ernest Rankin, 1916-1980; Wallace, Lurleen, 1926-1968; Government officials--Alabama; Governors; Legislators--Alabama; Politics & government; Montgomery (Ala.); Montgomery County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographic)Peppler, JamesJim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collectionLPP106, Box 2, Binder 3Alabama 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/7237
title Governor Lurleen Wallace addressing a joint session of the legislature in the House chamber at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
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