Alabama paper publishes civil rights photos
February 27, 2006 12:16 PM   Subscribe

Alabama paper publishes civil rights photos.
Dozens of never before released photos from the civil rights era came to light this weekend after an intern discovered them buried in an equipment closet at the Birmingham News. The photos had been in a box marked: "Keep. Do Not Sell." But at the time they were taken, the newspaper didn't want to draw attention to the racial discord of the 1950s and 1960s, news photographers from the period said.
posted by mountainmambo (14 comments total)

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Dude.
posted by MrMoonPie at 12:18 PM on February 27, 2006


double. just 5 posts from the first.
posted by Gankmore at 12:19 PM on February 27, 2006


damnit! And i did a search on the tags and the link too! Sorry folks.
posted by mountainmambo at 12:20 PM on February 27, 2006


flagged
posted by mountainmambo at 12:20 PM on February 27, 2006


The other day I was picking my nose and I pulled out a flake that looked exactly like a green-yellow seahorse.
posted by Mayor Curley at 12:30 PM on February 27, 2006


This must be coming from another blog somewhere.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 12:33 PM on February 27, 2006


Oh, that was mine, Curley, I was wondering where I had left it. Could you send it back?
posted by allen.spaulding at 12:52 PM on February 27, 2006


This comment left intentionally blank.
posted by ?! at 12:57 PM on February 27, 2006


Would it be wrong if:
A. I read the previous post about this topic.
B. Clicked on the link in the previous post about this topic.
C. Gave up on photos loading due to slow load time.
D. Posted about this issue in the double post rather than the original post.
E. Ignored this for the rest of the day.

Thank you.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 1:07 PM on February 27, 2006


yay open thread

I've sort of been trying to lose weight, so today when I took my lunch break I decided to go buy a slimfast shake. I drove around for a while, I figured maybe they sell them at gas stations? Who knows?
I stopped at three different gas stations; no slimfast shakes.
I didn't know what to do, so I ordered a bunch of tacos and ate them in my car.
Wouldn't you know I spilled taco sauce on my dress pants.

When I got back to the office, Noel - the young woman who works in the office next to mine - stopped me and said, "Hey. You've uh... you got something on your pants."
I replied, "Yeah. I was having a slimfast shake for lunch and I spilled some on my pants."

I don't think she believed me.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 1:59 PM on February 27, 2006


Woot 5:00pm!!!
posted by Baby_Balrog at 2:00 PM on February 27, 2006


last post?

(poppo? Or is that joke too old?)
posted by kalimac at 3:49 PM on February 27, 2006


I don't know kalimac, invoking St. Poppo doesn't seem appropriate for Metafilter.
posted by ?! at 4:22 PM on February 27, 2006


The other day I was picking my nose and I pulled out a flake that looked exactly like a green-yellow seahorse.

i smeared mine on the page just 5 posts down.
posted by quonsar at 5:34 PM on February 27, 2006


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