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Police officers and bystanders in front of Social Cleaners across from 16th Street Baptist Church, after the church was bombed.

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

Lankford, Tom

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The owner of the cleaners, M. W. Pippen, was the grandfather of Denise McNair, one of the victims of the bombing.
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2000 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 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. Bombings
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Hate Crimes
  7. Jefferson County (Ala.)
  8. Law Enforcement Officers
  9. Race Relations

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