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White protestors gathering along Dexter Avenue in front of the state judicial building to prevent a civil rights protest march from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church to the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

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

Self, Tom

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The crowd of 4,000 whites gathered to prevent a march led by Ralph Abernathy from Dexter Avenue Church to the state capitol. The attempted march was in support of lunch counter sit-ins by Alabama State College students.
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Created Date:
1960 03 06
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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. Anti Civil Rights Demonstrations
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  4. Montgomery (Ala.)
  5. Montgomery County (Ala.)

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