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George Wallace speaking on stage at a rally in the Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama, during Lurleen Wallace's gubernatorial campaign.

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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

Peppler, Jim

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A large Confederate flag is hanging behind the stage. Congressman Armistead Selden, Lurleen Wallace, and Congressman George Andrews are seated beside the podium. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "But the Negroes Had to Sit Upstairs in the Balcony" by Mary Wissler, which appeared on pages 1 and 6 of The Southern Courier for October 8-9, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No41_1966_10_08.pdf
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4000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1966 October
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection

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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130