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(MARTIN LUTHER KING.) Associated Press photographs from the Montgomery bus boycott showing King, Ralph Abernathy and Rosa Parks. 4 photographs, each about 8 x 8 inches, with ink and pencil notes on verso; one with later typed label in lower margin identifying King and Abernathy. Montgomery, AL, 23 February 1956
These four Associated Press photographs were widely published during the Montgomery bus boycott, bringing three young activists into the national spotlight. One shows Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by a deputy sheriff after losing her appeal for refusing to move to the back of the bus. One shows Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy about to be booked in by the same deputy. A third shows Abernathy being embraced by a supporter after his release. Finally, a fourth image shows a minister we identify as L.R. Bennett, apparently escorted by detectives.
These are not wire photos, and do not have the usual captions, Associated Press markings, or newspaper morgue stamps on verso. They do bear matching inked notes on verso, apparently from the period, reading some variation of "Negros--Boycott Alabama Bus 2/23/56." Three are additionally marked in pencil "Boycott Leaders" A, B and C--apparently to designate layout in an article spread.
