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Construction workers and other individuals examine the damage caused by a bombing at the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama.
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A view of the damage caused by a bomb at the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama.
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A crowd of men protesting in Decatur, Alabama. One protester holds a Confederate battle flag.
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Ku Klux Klan members protesting in Decatur, Alabama.
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Bill Wilkinson (at center), an Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), stands with other KKK members at a protest in Decatur, Alabama. Written on verso: Wilkerson [sic] and aids
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A crowd of men protesting in Decatur, Alabama.
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Ku Klux Klan members and supporters march in Decatur, Alabama. Written on verso: Ku Klux Klan. Decatur, Alabama March, May 26, 1979
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Demonstrators march in support of Tommy Lee Hines, carrying a banner that reads "Free Tommy Lee Hines! Stop Racist Klan Terror! Prisoners Solidarity Committee".
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference leadership members and others march arm in arm in support of Tommy Lee Hines at a protest in Decatur, Alabama.
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A crowd of demonstrators is gathered for a march in support of Tommy Lee Hines, holding signs that read "Ban The Klan - S.C.L.C" and "Free Tommy Lee Hines - S.C.L.C".
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Ku Klux Klan members and supporters march in Decatur, Alabama.
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A crowd of demonstrators is gathered for a march in support of Tommy Lee Hines, holding signs and banners that read "Justice Now" and "Self-Determination For The Afro-American Nation".
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Ku Klux Klan counter-protesters stand to the right in the photo while some protesters in support of Tommy Lee Hines are seen to the left.
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Ku Klux Klan members and supporters march in Decatur, Alabama.
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A police officer in Alabama riding on a police motorcycle.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery (right) joins his wife Evelyn (at left) and other Atlantans for an all night vigil held for housing, jobs, and healthcare. More information about the vigil can be found on pages 25-29 of the May-June 1988 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07093.
Transcription of notes on back of photo: "All night vigil held for housing, jobs, healthcare, and justice on the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. Dr. and Mrs. Lowery are joined by other Atlantans at an All Night Vigil for the Homeless."
John McCullum testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Written on verso: Mr. John McCullum testifies at National Anti-Klan Network lobby to the racist violence he encountered in Carbonhill, Alabama in 1979 when parading Klansmen blasted him in the face with a shotgun.
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Reverend Fred Taylor testifies at a special congressional briefing at the Justice Department. The hearing was part of a series of events organized by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization founded by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Written on verso: Rev. Fred D. Taylor, national director of chapters and affiliates for SCLC and a member of the National Anti-Klan Network, tells of the beating he received from a Georgia sheriff when he led a movement for justice for blacks in Wrightsville, Georgia in 1980.
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Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority gather on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol building to protest for the release of Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder. Written on verso: AKA's
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