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Wallace, Abernathy Honored: Alabama Governor George C. Wallace and civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy wear ceremonial robes Wednesday as both received honorary doctor of law degrees form predominantly black Alabama State University, Abernathy's alma mater, Montgomery, Alabama, May 15, 1974
Wallace, Abernathy Honored: Alabama Governor George C. Wallace and civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy wear ceremonial robes Wednesday as both received honorary doctor of law degrees form predominantly black Alabama State University, Abernathy's alma mater, Montgomery, Alabama, May 15, 1974
Wallace, Abernathy Honored: Alabama Governor George C. Wallace and civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy wear ceremonial robes Wednesday as both received honorary doctor of law degrees form predominantly black Alabama State University, Abernathy's alma mater, Montgomery, Alabama, May 15, 1974

Wallace, Abernathy Honored: Alabama Governor George C. Wallace and civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy wear ceremonial robes Wednesday as both received honorary doctor of law degrees form predominantly black Alabama State University, Abernathy's alma mater, Montgomery, Alabama, May 15, 1974

Maker
Date5/15/1974
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
Dimensions9-7/8 x 5-3/4 inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Collections
Object number2024.251
Status
Not on view
Defiant Alabama Governor George Wallace (center, raincoat) is pictured surrounded by state troopers in front of the executive mansion the outspoken segregationist was accompanied by troopers after a federal court in Birmingham ordered U.S. Marshals to serve Wallace with papers to appear in court June 3 to show cause why he should not interfere with the scheduled integration of the University of Alabama June 10, Montgomery, Alabama, May 27, 1963
Defiant Alabama Governor George Wallace (center, raincoat) is pictured surrounded by state troopers in front of the executive mansion the outspoken segregationist was accompanied by troopers after a federal court in Birmingham ordered U.S. Marshals to serve Wallace with papers to appear in court June 3 to show cause why he should not interfere with the scheduled integration of the University of Alabama June 10, Montgomery, Alabama, May 27, 1963
Unknown Artist
5/27/1963
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of the American Negro civil rights movement for more than a decade, addresses an integrated audience during a testimonial dinner in his honor here January 27. The dinner was held in one of the city's largest downtown hotels, January 27, 1965
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Walker Evans
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A chief with his purple velvet robe and beautifully decorated horse waiting for ceremonial parade during the festival of Ramadan in Kano, Northern Region, Nigeria
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Ken Heyman
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