Defaced Confederate monument in downtown Tuskegee, Alabama, after a nighttime student 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 base of the monument is covered with graffiti, including the phrase "Black Power." The soldier's face and hands are painted black, and a yellow stripe runs 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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1966 December
Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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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.)