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[Bomb-damaged trailers at the Gaston Motel, Birmingham, Alabama] / [MST].
Summary
Photograph showing the wreckage of a bomb explosion near the Gaston Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr., and leaders in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were staying during the Birmingham campaign of the Civil Rights movement.
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.
Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 9771, frame 17.
Tags
Date
01/01/1963
Contributors
Trikosko, Marion S., photographer
Location
Birmingham (Ala.), 33.52056, -86.80250
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
