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

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