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George and Lurleen Wallace walking through a crowd at a rally in the Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama, during Lurleen's gubernatorial campaign.

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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

Peppler, Jim

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They are shaking hands with supporters as they pass. The man in the foreground on the right is carrying a flier or pamphlet in his pocket that reads, "You can depend on this team." This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "But the Negroes Had to Sit Upstairs in the Balcony" by Mary Wissler, which appeared on pages 1 and 6 of The Southern Courier for October 8-9, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No41_1966_10_08.pdf
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4000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1966 October
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection

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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130