Policeman Carrying a Box of Dynamite from Birmingham Mayor's Home, 1965

1965

1960-1969

A policeman carries a case containing fifty sticks of dynamite and a timing device that was placed in the home of Birmingham Mayor Albert Boutwell. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 1 *-- DYNAMITE FOUND AT MAYOR'S HOME -- Two city policemen carry a case containing 50 sticks of dynamite and a timing device from the home of Mayor Albert Boutwell in Birmingham today. The mayor was out of town, but his wife and son slept nearby when the bomb was found and deactivated. A second similar bomb was found at a councilwoman's home and a third exploded in a Negro residential area, injuring one boy and causing extensive damage.

African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Crime

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The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection

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