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Irene West, Virginia Durr, and Carrie D. Hubbard seated in the audience at Holt Street Baptist Church.

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Peppler, Jim

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Irene West was part of the Women’s Political Council, and Carrie Hubbard was the wife of Reverend Hillman Hubbard of Bethel Baptist Church. The man seated to the right of Virginia Durr is probably Reverend A. W. Wilson of Holt Street Baptist Church. Martin Luther King, Sr., spoke during the program, which was held during the eleventh anniversary celebration of the Montgomery Improvement Association. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "King Family's in Town" by Arlam Carr, Jr., which appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for December 10-11, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No50_1966_12_10.pdf
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Created Date:
1966 December 4
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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

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Civil Rights Leaders
  4. Durr, Virginia Foster
  5. Hubbard, Carrie D
  6. Montgomery (Ala.)
  7. Montgomery County (Ala.)
  8. West, Irene
  9. Wilson, Arthur W

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