Skip to main content

Ralph Abernathy and Robert E. DuBose (in white robe) leading a civil rights protest march from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church toward the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

Thumbnail for Ralph Abernathy and Robert E. DuBose (in white robe) leading a civil rights protest march from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church toward the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
View
@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Self, Tom

Description

The demonstration was planned to show support for the Alabama State College students involved in lunch counter sit-ins. A crowd of 4,000 white protestors gathered to prevent the march, which ended in violence and retreat.
Type:
Image
Format:
2000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1960 03 06
Rights:
Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
View Original At:

From Collection

Alabama Media Group Collection

Record Contributed By

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

Keywords

  1. Abernathy, Ralph, 1926 1990
  2. African Americans
  3. Churches
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  6. Civil Rights Leaders
  7. Clergy
  8. Du Bose, Robert E
  9. Montgomery (Ala.)
  10. Montgomery County (Ala.)

Related Content

African Americans attempting to march to the Capitol from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Harry Belafonte with other civil rights leaders at the "Stars for Freedom" rally at the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, the night before the end of the Selma to Montgomery March. African Americans on the steps of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably preparing to march to the Capitol in protest of local segregation laws. Ralph and Juanita Abernathy with their daughter on the porch of their home in Montgomery, Alabama, after it was bombed. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama, approaching the Capitol at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March. Reporters crowding around Martin Luther King Jr. and other marchers in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama, approaching the Capitol at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Reporters crowding around Martin Luther King Jr. and other marchers in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. James Bevel and other marchers on Dexter Avenue in front of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March.
Download JSON