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C.B. King after beating

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Photograph of an injured C. B. King, in 1962, talking to six reporters after being caned by Dougherty County, Georgia sheriff Cull Campbell in the sheriff's office. His head is wrapped in white gauze, and a large blood stain colors the front of his white shirt. King had visited the county jail to check on an injured white demonstrator, William Hansen. Hansen's jaw had been broken in a beating he received when he was put in a cell with other white prisoners who objected to the civil rights protests.C. B. King was a prominent African American lawyer known for his courage, courtroom eloquence, and legal skills in the face of fierce and even violent opposition during the civil rights struggle in southwest Georgia. The first black lawyer in the area, King was an inspiration to an entire generation of young law interns and civil rights activists.
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Keywords

  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African American Lawyers
  3. African American Men
  4. African Americans
  5. Albany
  6. Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
  7. Blood
  8. Civil Rights
  9. Civil Rights Workers
  10. Georgia
  11. Hate Crimes
  12. King, C. B. (Chevene Bowers), 1923 1988
  13. Lawyers
  14. Men
  15. Reporters And Reporting
  16. Violence Against
  17. Wounds And Injuries

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