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Buildings on fire at the corner of 6th Avenue North and 15th Street North in Birmingham, Alabama, after the bombing of the Gaston Motel.

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

Dean, Norman

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A Birmingham Police Department tank is parked on the street, and a Birmingham News photographer Tom Lankford is standing to the right. Martin Luther King Jr. had been staying at the motel, which was owned by A. G. Gaston.
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4000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1963 05 11
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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. Armored Vehicles
  4. Birmingham (Ala.)
  5. Bombings
  6. Civil Rights
  7. Hate Crimes
  8. Jefferson County (Ala.)
  9. Lankford, Thomas Earl, 1935 2020
  10. Photographers
  11. Race Relations

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