UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
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Identifier
35160004356417
Creation Date
12-26-1956
Subject—Names
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Subject—Places
Birmingham (Alabama)
Subject—Topics
Civil Rights Movement
Description
Birmingham, Ala.: The Reverend F. L. Shuttlesworth, Negro intergration leader whose home was blown up December 25th, sits in the front section of a Birmingham bus December 26th next to an unidentified woman after a mass meeting in which some 200 Negroes signed a non-violence pledge. Other Negroes, led by Shuttlesworth, boarded the bus and sat with white passengers without incident. Earlier, the Mayor had said anyone who violates city segregation laws would be arrested.
Format
BW Photograph, 11" x 8.5"
Source
United Press International
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Keywords
African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers