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People standing around a fire in the town square near the Confederate monument in Tuskegee, Alabama, during a student demonstration to protest the murder of Samuel L. Younge, a civil rights worker.

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Peppler, Jim

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The photograph was taken at night; Christmas decorations are still on display. The murder and demonstrations were discussed in several issues of The Southern Courier, which are available online: http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No02_1966_01_08.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No03_1966_01_15.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No04_1966_01_22.pdf
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Created Date:
1966 January
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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 Demonstrations
  4. Festive Decorations
  5. Macon County (Ala.)
  6. Tuskegee (Ala.)

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