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Title
Coretta Scott King & Rosa Parks on 20th Anniversary of Montgomery Bus Boycott
Date Created and/or Issued
1975-12-05T08:00:00Z
Publication Information
Chapman University Digital Commons
Contributing Institution
Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Collection
UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
Rights Information
copyrighted
UPI retains the copyright on all photographs. Permission to use photographs must be obtained from United Press International.
Description
Montgomery, Ala.: At the 20th anniversary of the 1955 bus boycott, three of the principals come down the steps of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church 12/5, led by Mrs. Coretta King (bottom), widow of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Mrs. Rosa Parks, who in 1955 refused to give up her seat on a local bus, that touched off a 361-day boycott, and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, who was one of the leaders of the boycott, and is now President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta.
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/upi_african_american/61
Subject
African Americans
History
United States
Prejudice
Desegregation
Civil rights movement
Black Panthers
African American Studies
United States History
Source
UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

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