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Two African American men in a segregated line at a counter, possibly at a jail in Birmingham, Alabama.

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

Jones, Ed; Dean, Norman

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A sign above the barred window at the counter reads, "Warden on Duty." The man at the front of the line might be Fred Shuttlesworth, who was arrested on October 21, 1958, for inciting others to challenge a Birmingham Transit Authority segregated seating law.
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Created Date:
1958
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
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Alabama Media Group Collection

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

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Birmingham (Ala.)
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Jefferson County (Ala.)
  6. Segregation
  7. Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922 2011

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