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Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

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@ Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Peppler, Jim

Description

Norman Lumpkin, news director for WRMA radio, is holding up a microphone in front of the podium. Albert Turner is seated against the wall on the right. This image was taken for (but not used in) an article ("'Things Are Not Right in This Country'--King" by V. English, B. Wilcox and B. Labaree) and photo spread ("Rallying Support for Poor People's Stay in Washington") that appeared on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for February 24-25, 1968. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol4_No08_1968_02_24.pdf

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Alabama. Department of Archives and History

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Digital Library of Georgia