Jeremiah Reeves, Jr., holding a cymbal.
In 1952 the Grand Jury of Montgomery County charged Reeves with rape, and he was electrocuted in 1958. Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed a crowd protesting Reeves's death a week after the execution.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/19599 |