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Press release, Statement outlining reasons for Birmingham demonstrations

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document630408-026
Author
Shuttlesworth, Fred L.
Place Written
Birmingham, Ala.
Document Date
4/8/1963
Genre
Press release
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
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Author
Shuttlesworth, Fred L.
Author Dates
1922-2011
Author Affiliation
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
Document ID
630408-026
Document Date
4/8/1963
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 8
Place Written
Birmingham, Ala.
Genre
Press release
Document Length
2 pp.
Document Note
Enclosed in 630423-033.
Dates
4/3/1963
9/26/1962
9/21/1962
9/25/1962
Names
Walker, Wyatt Tee [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
Smyer, Sidney W. [Birmingham (Ala.). Chamber of Commerce]
Organizations
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Birmingham (Ala.). Chamber of Commerce
Loveman's Department Store (Birmingham, Ala.)
Pizitz Department Store (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topics
Birmingham, 1963
Arrest
Discrimination in Employment
Discrimination in public accomodations
Nonviolence
School integration
Segregation--law and legislation
Sit-ins
Code for Location of Original
RBPC-AlBiCRI
Location of Original
Ruth Barefield-Pendleton Collection, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Location of Original - Detail
Box 1, folder 2
Copy Location (1)
BWCF-AB, Birmingham World Correspondence Files, 1940s-1980s, Birmingham Public and Jefferson County Free Library, Birmingham, Ala.
Filing Info
Box 2, folder 16
Box 205, folder Gandhi Society for Human Rights
Box 3, folder 11
Copy Location (2)
BWOF-AB, Birmingham World Office Files, Birmingham Public and Jefferson County Free Library, Birmingham, Ala.
Copy Location (3)
UAWR-NNU-LA, United Automobile Workers of America, District 65 Records, New York University, Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York, N.Y.
Copy Location (4)
JOKP-GEU-S, John Oliver Killens Papers, 1937-1987, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Copy Location (5)
KFC-AlBiCRI, Kraus Family Collection, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Copy Location (6)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
8/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
10/15/2015 corala
7/28/2021 dalai
6/22/2023 dalai
6/28/2024 dalai
Date Updated
4/25/2025 11:01:23 AM
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