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Bobby Bell sitting on a bicycle in Montgomery, Alabama.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

Peppler, Jim

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Bell may have been one of the first African American students to attend Harrison School in Montgomery. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "Montgomery's First Year of School Integration" by Geoffrey Cowan, which appeared on page 4 of The Southern Courier for August 6, 1965. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol1_No04_1965_08_06.pdf
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Created Date:
1965 August
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection

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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Bell, Bobby
  3. Children
  4. Montgomery (Ala.)
  5. Montgomery County (Ala.)

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