Students at the base of the Confederate monument in downtown Tuskegee, Alabama, during a nighttime demonstration protesting the acquittal of Marvin Segrest for the murder of Samuel L. Younge.
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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Peppler, Jim
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The image is very dark and out of focus. Several people are painting the statue. After the demonstration, the base was covered with graffiti (including the phrase "Black Power"), the soldier's hands and face were black, and a yellow stripe was painted down his back. The trial and demonstration were discussed in a couple of issues of The Southern Courier, which are available online: http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No51_1966_12_17.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No52_1966_12_24.pdf
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4000 Ppi Tiff
1966 December
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph CollectionRecord Contributed By
Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130Keywords
- African Americans
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Macon County (Ala.)
- Monuments & Memorials
- Tuskegee (Ala.)