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Two African American women carrying a replica of a casket bearing the name of John Wesley Coley out of a wooden building in rural Lowndes County, Alabama.

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

Aiken, Elizabeth Boone

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The exact event and date of the photograph are unidentified, though it was related to the Selma demonstrations or Selma to Montgomery March.
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4000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1965 03
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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. Civil Rights
  3. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  4. Coffins
  5. Funeral Rites & Ceremonies
  6. Lowndes County (Ala.)

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