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Men on the steps of the African American First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, after a riot protesting the Freedom Riders' arrival in the city.

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

Dean, Norman

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Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and Wyatt Tee Walker are standing in the doorway at the top of the steps. A mass meeting was held at the church that evening in honor of the Freedom Riders, but the mob that rioted held them prisoner within the building.
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1961 05 21
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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. Abernathy, Ralph, 1926 1990
  2. African Americans
  3. Anti Civil Rights Demonstrations
  4. Churches
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  7. Freedom Rides, 1961
  8. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929 1968
  9. Montgomery (Ala.)
  10. Montgomery County (Ala.)
  11. Walker, Wyatt Tee, B.1929

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