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Alabama Grand Dragon James Spears speaking at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Montgomery, Alabama, from the back of a pickup truck.

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Creator:Peppler, Jim
Title:Alabama Grand Dragon James Spears speaking at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Montgomery, Alabama, from the back of a pickup truck.
Date:1967 Dec. 10
Description:

Local identification number: Q16656

American and Confederate flags are in front of him, and a sign beside him reads, "No Withdrawl [sic] from Viet Nam. Fight and Win." Guards in front of the platform are wearing helmets that have Confederate flag decals. This image was taken for (but not used in) an article and photo spread that appeared on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for December 16-17, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No51_1967_12_16.pdf

Types:Black-and-white photographs | Negatives (Photographic)
Subjects:Spears, James H. | United Klans of America | United Klans of America--Insignia | Demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery | White supremacy movements--Alabama--Montgomery | Alabama--Race relations | Signs and signboards--Alabama--Montgomery | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 | Flags--Confederate States of America | Flags--United States | Montgomery (Ala.) | Montgomery County (Ala.)
Collection:Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Institution:Alabama Department of Archives and History
Contributors:Alabama. Dept. of Archives and History | Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection (Alabama. Dept. of Archives and History)
Online Publisher:Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Dept. of Archives and History | 2009
Original Material:

Peppler, James, Jim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collection, Box Notebook 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

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Forms part of the online collection: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection

Persistent Link to Item:http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/u?/photo,9228