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  • Geographic Location = Alabama--Montgomery
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Alabama State University (ASU) President Dr. Levi Watkins welcomes the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Board of Directors to their spring Board meeting held on ASU's campus. Written on verso: Dr. Levi Watkins, president of Alabama State University, greeted the SCLC Board of Directors and staff and recalled the days when he was prohibited from hosting a civil rights organization on campus.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend John L. Alford and Alabama State University SCLC chapter president Charles Anderson address a crowd at a rally held at the Alabama state capitol to protest the merger of Alabama State University with Auburn University. Written on verso: Rev. John L. Alford, (right), pastor of Mt. Gillard Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, addresses rally at Alabama state capitol to protest the merger of Alabama State University with predominantly white Auburn University. Chalres [sic] Anderson, (left) is president of the university's SCLC chapter. He joins other ASU students in chanting, "We're all fired up; Ain't gon' take it no more."
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference members and Alabama State University students are shown marching with banners and held hands.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An Alabama State University student with a "ASU - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" sign is shown leading other ASU students in a march.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Mayor Johnny Ford is shown speaking at the Rosa Parks memorial monument on Alabama State University's campus alongside Evelyn G. Lowery, Reverend James Orange, and others.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend James Orange is shown with others standing nearby the Rosa Louise Parks memorial monument on the campus of Alabama State University.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference members and Alabama State University students are shown protesting on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series