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Tension mounts at bus station where blacks wait for Montgomery, Alabama bus (1955?).

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@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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It is not clear if this is part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott that started in Dec. of 1955, or if it is related to the earlier Claudette Colvin case (March 1955). Also, it is not clear what bus station this is and from which state.Title supplied by cataloger.
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Buses
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Montgomery
  6. Police
  7. Segregation In Transportation
  8. Southern States

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