May 7, 1963: Birmingham Police arrest Parker High School student Mattie Howard in front of the Carver Theatre. Youths became an integral part of the civlil rights movement when the Children's Crusade began on May 2.



I was tipped off to the site that this photo is from by an email newsletter, Tourbus, which mostly is a FAQ and help site about the internet. Although the authors do come up with some interesting links now and again.

There are dozens of pictures taken from a recently discovered treasure trove of around 5,000 photos documenting Civil Rights Movement featured at The Birmhingam News links below...


A pdf file of the spread from The Birmhingham News is here...
http://www.al.com/unseen/unseen.pdf

The site from paper is here...

http://www.al.com/unseen/