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Caliph Washington with his mother and two other women in Bessemer, Alabama, after his release from the state prison in Montgomery.

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

Bruchac, Edouard

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His mother is kissing him on the cheek. Washington, who was charged with killing a Lipscomb police officer in 1957, was tried and convicted three times. He was finally released from prison on bond in March 1971, after his third conviction was overturned.
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1971 03 17
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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 Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Bessemer (Ala.)
  3. Capture & Imprisonment
  4. Jefferson County (Ala.)
  5. Washington, Caliph, 1939 2001

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