Children in the group "Buds of Promise" from Mt. Zion AME Zion Church in Montgomery, Alabama, walking through St. Jude Catholic Hospital in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Peppler, Jim
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The group was led by Mrs. Bertha D. Howard; they sang Christmas carols to ill or shut-in people the day this photograph was shot. The image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "Black Christmas," which appeared on pages 2 and 3 of The Southern Courier for December 30-31, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No53_1967_12_30.pdf
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1967 December
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