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  • Subjects = African Americans--Economic conditions
  • Subjects = Political participation
Garry Cooper is shown speaking at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's third Public Policy Symposium, while Joe Reed, Leola Smith Early, Reverend Franklin Tate, and Reverend James T. Crutcher look and listen. Written on verso: Mr. Garry Cooper, who was fired by Alabama Gov. Fob James as state commissioner of Pensions and Securities for challenging state cutbacks for the poor, outlines to symposium attendants the many problems in state welfare and food stamp programs. Looking on are (left to right) Joe Reed, Mrs. Leola Smith Early, president of the Birmingham Metropolitan Business Association, Rev. Franklin Tate and Rev. James T. Crutcher, pastor of the host church, 16th Street Baptist North.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joe Reed is shown speaking at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's third Public Policy Symposium while Leola Early Smith, Garry Cooper and Reverend Franklin Tate listen. Written on verso: Mr. Joe Reed, state chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference, emphasizes direct, political action as an important means of winning legal and legislative victories for black and poor people. He says black voters must form "working relationships" with their elected representatives, as Mrs. Leola Early Smith, Garry Cooper (2nd from right) and Rev. Franklin Tate listen.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series