African Americans on the steps of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably preparing to march to the Capitol in protest of local segregation laws.
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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama
Self, Tom
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The building is surrounded by firemen and law enforcement officers, including Floyd Mann, director of Public Safety (in the foreground on the right, wearing a light coat and dark hat). Reverend Ralph Abernathy led the demonstration, which was planned to show support for the Alabama State College students involved in lunch counter sit-ins. A crowd of 4,000 white protestors gathered to prevent the march, which ended in violence and retreat.
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