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[African American demonstrators march in downtown Birmingham, Alabama] – Antique Wall Art

[African American demonstrators march in downtown Birmingham, Alabama] — historic photograph
[African American demonstrators march in downtown Birmingham, Alabama]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [African American demonstrators march in downtown Birmingham, Alabama]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Marchers moving through downtown Birmingham on May 7, 1963, were part of the wave of demonstrations that made the city the center of the civil rights struggle that spring. Organizers from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights had launched a campaign against segregated lunch counters, stores, and public facilities, and young people were joining the marches in large numbers. City officials, under Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor, responded with police, dogs, and fire hoses, and images like this one helped carry the confrontation to national audiences.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1963 May 7.
SubjectsAfrican Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham--1960-1970. Demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham--1960-1970.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,279 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-198661

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