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African Americans in front of the Silver Sands Restaurant across the street from 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

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

Merritt, Vernon

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The building was severely damaged when the church was bombed. An African American civil defense officer (in a white helmet) is speaking to an adolescent boy who had been shouting at the scene.
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4000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1963 09 15
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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 Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama