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WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.)

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Image from a 1962 WALB newsfilm clip in which Martin Luther King Jr., second from left, stands in front of the burned ruins of the Shady Grove Baptist Church near Leesburg, in Lee County, Georgia, along with Reverends Ralph D. Abernathy and Wyatt T. Walker and three unidentified men. This church was used for African American voter registration, leading many community members to suspect that the church was destroyed for intimidation purposes.State officials who inspected the sites stated that the fires were caused by either lightning or faulty wiring. In response to the suspected arsons at these voter registration meeting sites, the United States Justice Department considered filing a federal suit alleging voter intimidation.
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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Churches
  2. African American Civil Rights Workers
  3. African American Clergy
  4. African American Men
  5. African Americans
  6. Buildings
  7. Buildings, Structures, Etc
  8. Church Buildings
  9. Civil Rights
  10. Civil Rights Workers
  11. Clergy
  12. Fires
  13. Georgia
  14. Leesburg (Lee County)
  15. Leesburg (Lee County, Ga.)
  16. Men
  17. Ruined Buildings
  18. Shady Grove Baptist Church (Leesburg, Lee County, Ga.)
  19. Voter Registration
  20. Walker, Wyatt Tee

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