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Men seated and standing in front of a tree in the dirt yard of a house in Newtown, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama.

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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

Peppler, Jim

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"Bessie Bill" Williams is seated in the lawn chair; Theodore "Ditto" Minor is sitting on the arm of the chair, and James Carlton is crouched beside it. A child is climbing on the tree, and a Susie Scarver is holding a baby in the yard of her home next door. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "'Newtown'--A Community Apart," which appeared on pages 4 and 5 of The Southern Courier for August 26-27, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No35_1967_08_26.pdf
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4000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1967 August
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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