Civil rights, protests, and social reformers

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Youth protest liquor bill.

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Montgomery, Ala.--Teenagers representing the Methodist Youth Assembly picket the state capitol here in protest against a bill that would permit cities to legalize liquor sales. Under present law, counties make the decision. Protestant clergy, laymen and young people from many parts of Alabama stormed the capitol to protest the bill, introduced by Senator George Quarles. Following a hearing by the Senate Temperance Committee, the Quarles Measure was killed by a 4-3 vote. Leading the picket line were (left to right) Dan Jackson and O.C. Brown.

Creator:

Smith, Mildred. (photographer)

Subject names:

Religious News Service--Archives.

Topics:

Temperance and religion--Alabama--Montgomery.

URL:

https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11022

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Police arrest Dr. King for loitering.

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PP-22643 POLICE ARREST DR. KING FOR "LOITERING" MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is hustled off to jail by Montgomery police where he was detained for 15 minutes on a charge of loitering. Dr. King, leader of the Negro boycott against Jim Crow buses here in 1956, was arrested outside a City Hall courtroom where he had gone to attend a hearing for a Negro accused of attacking an integration leader. The 29-year-old pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist church here accused the police of beating and kicking him. He was released in $100 bond. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WW-NY-9A-58-JS).

Creator:

Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)

Subject names:

Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

Topics:

Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Alabama--Montgomery.

Geographic subjects:

Montgomery (Ala.)

URL:

https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7465