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State troopers preventing Henry Hobdy and Dorothy Davis from entering Murphy High School in Mobile, Alabama.

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

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Major Joe Smelley is standing in the front, wearing glasses. The students were barred from entering due to an executive order from Governor George Wallace that prevented school integration. The order is available online at http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/executive/id/193/rec/13
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Created Date:
1963 09 09
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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. Alabama
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Davis, Dorothy Bridgett
  5. Education
  6. Hobdy, Henry
  7. Law Enforcement Officers
  8. Mobile (Ala.)
  9. Mobile County (Ala.)
  10. Race Relations
  11. School Integration
  12. Segregation
  13. Smelley, Joe
  14. Students

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