"Poets Corner" column from the Birmingham World, featuring poems by Jeremiah Reeves, Jr.
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 his death a week after the execution. For other images of Reeves, see http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/photo/searchterm...
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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/6378 |