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Fred Shuttlesworth on a stretcher at Hillman Hospital, where he was taken after Klansmen beat him while he was trying to enroll his daughters in the all-white Phillips High School.

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

Jones, Ed

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He is touching the cheek of his daughter, Pat, who is standing beside the stretcher.
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Created Date:
1957 09 09
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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 Media Group Collection

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

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Birmingham (Ala.)
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Leaders
  5. Hate Crimes
  6. Hospitals
  7. Jefferson County (Ala.)
  8. Massengill, Patricia Shuttlesworth
  9. Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922 2011

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