Statement by L. B. Sullivan, police commissioner in Montgomery, Alabama, prohibiting further civil rights demonstrations in the city.
In the statement Sullivan specifically refers to an upcoming Sunday gathering of African Americans at the Capitol "under the guise of a religious service." He argues that citizens have other facilities for such purposes, and he suggests that the meeting would only "further incite the...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3445 |
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