Roosevelt Scott sitting beside a television set inside the tent where he is living in Lowndes County, Alabama.
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Peppler, Jim
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The residents of "Tent City" had been evicted from their homes after registering to vote. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article "A Christmas Eve in Tent City--'It's Too Cold to Make a Cake'" by Viola Bradford, which appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for December 31, 1966-January 1, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No01_1967_01_01.pdf
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1966 December 24
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