Boy skating in the street in front of a public housing project on Smythe Curve in Montgomery, Alabama, during Christmas vacation.
Other children are running, skating, and riding bicycles in the background. Each day of the Christmas holiday, the city of Montgomery closed over forty one-block areas in neighborhoods, so children could safely play in the streets. The street closings were briefly mentioned on page 5 of The Southern...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/8362 |
Summary: | Other children are running, skating, and riding bicycles in the background. Each day of the Christmas holiday, the city of Montgomery closed over forty one-block areas in neighborhoods, so children could safely play in the streets. The street closings were briefly mentioned on page 5 of The Southern Courier for January 8-9, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No02_1966_01_08.pdf |
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