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African Americans leaving Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, preparing to march to the Capitol in protest of local segregation laws.

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

Self, Tom

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Reverend Ralph Abernathy led the demonstration, which 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.
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1960 03 06
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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

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Churches
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  5. Montgomery (Ala.)
  6. Montgomery County (Ala.)

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