Exhibit Legends .(1-100)

Exhibits = Photographs = Images

House = McKinstry Family House

Museum = McKinstry Family Museum, Incorporated

Legends = Descriptions, titles

Our Family

Welcome to the McKinstry Family Museum Online Tour.

This online tour tells the story of the McKinstry family who began their lives living under the dark cloud of segregation in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama,

suffering hardships and humiliation at times. Yet, they struggled and survived the horrible system of segregation and moved into the light of integration, thereby reaping some of the benefits integration had to offer.

Album cover - Brown with gold trim. Our Family

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Exhibit 1 (photograph 1) - Let's get started! First off, meet the McKinstry family of McKinstry Family House. There were nine children (Wilma, Shirley, Melvin, Jacqueline, Marvin, Grenetta, Doris, Venita, Ralph) and two adults ( Willie D. and Willie G.), permanent residents in the house. As you can see, all the children grew up to adulthood.

Group photograph of seven members of the McKinstry family. Sitting l-r: Doris, Jacqueline, Grenetta, Shirley. Standing l-r: Marvin, mother (Willie G.), Melvin.

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Exhibit 2 (photograph 2) - Father, Wille McKinstry, standing at podium, black tuxedo, black bow-tie, white boutonniere on suit, black-rimmed eyeglasses.

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Exhibit 3 (photograph 3) - Sadly, during this time (years 1956 to 2006), three family members died. Their deaths will be discussed in more detail later in the tour.

Grey photo album trimmed in two gold stripes across top.

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Exhibit 4 (photograph 4) - Dr. Willie D. McKinstry's Obituary program (b.1919-d.1978)

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Exhibit 5 (photograph 5) - Wilma McKinstry Washington, the McKinstry's oldest daughter. Died giving birth to third child.

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Exhibit 6 (photograph 6) - Jacqueline McKinstry Pickett Obituary program. Middle daughter (b. 1944- d. 2002).

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Exhibit 7 (photograph 7) - This is the McKinstry Family House (House), home to the McKinstry family for over 50 years. The house was built in 1952, in a rural section of southwest Jefferson County, Birmingham, Alabama (AL). The McKinstry's moved into the house in 1956.

The McKinstry Family House (full view, 2014).

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Exhibit 8 (photograph 8) - When the McKinstry's moved in, 1956, the House was considered to be in the "county," not city. (2) The original address was r Rd 1 Box 410. (3) Once annexed to the city, the House address changed to 2236 Ishkooda Road SW.

House mail box 2236, after the House location annexed to the city.

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Exhibit 9 (photograph 9) - On February 12, 2015, the house received Alabama Historical Landmark Status. The "State of Alabama" named the house, "McKinstry Family House." (1)

Image of Alabama Historical Landmark Certificate for McKinstry Family House.

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Exhibit 10 (photograph 10) - Letter to the McKinstry family from Jennifer K. Bailey, Coordinator, Alabama Register of Landmark & Heritage.

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Exhibit 11 (photograph 11) - Two of the McKinstry Children, Marvin and Grenetta, did quite a bit of property research in Birmingham, Alabama, to get the house approved. (2) (3)

Grenetta standing in Marvin's yard before their trip to Birmingham. AL. December 2014, to do research on the House.

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Exhibit 12 (photograph 12) - Image of Marvin standing in his yard before Birmingham trip, his hand on maroon SUV located near grey porch steps on back of grey house.

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Exhibit 13 (photograph 13) - Some of the research on the House was done at the Birmingham Public Library, and other Birmingham city agencies and private locations to get background information on the house and family.

Image of City directory librarian (green jacket) helping Marvin (blue jacket) obtain research on the House.

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Exhibit 14 (photograph 14) - Another image of City directory librarian (green top) helping Marvin (blue jean jacket) obtain information on the house.

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Exhibit 15 (photograph 15) - Grenetta sitting at microfilm machine looking "exhausted." It took a lot of time finding the right information on the House.

Grenetta at microfilm machine looking through city directory, "exhausted."

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Exhibit 16 (photograph 16) - Image showing library microfilm results. (2) (3)

Grenetta and Marvin obtained information on the House through Microfilm.

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Exhibit 17 (photograph 17) - These are the founders, Marvin and Grenetta, at desk in Birmingham, Alabama getting Museum approved. On June 19, 2015, the inside of the house was converted into a museum.

Marvin and Grenetta at desk in Birmingham, Alabama getting Museum approved.

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Exhibit 18 (photograph 18) - Image of Grenetta signing Alabama legal documents attached to founding the museum.

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Exhibit 19 (photograph 19) All of the residents of McKinstry Family House were born under the dark cloud of "Racial Segregation (segregation)" in Alabama.

This list of house residents was written by Mrs. Willie G. McKinstry, in her own handwriting. Venita and Ralph were adopted (5) several years after the document was written.

List of residents in the House written by mother, Willie G. McKinstry.

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Exhibit 20 (photograph 20) Segregation in the United States, as a general term, refers to the segregation of facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, medical care, education, employment, and transportation in the United States along racial lines." (6)

The American flag, symbol of freedom and justice in the United States.

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Exhibit 21 (photograph 21 - What did segregation in Birmingham mean for the residents of McKinstry Family House? Answer: It meant the legally and socially "enforced" separation of black families from whites in all areas of life.

Segregation happened in the North as well as the South.

This sign, "We Want White Tenants In Our White Community," is from Detroit (1942). It was directly opposite the Sojourner Truth (7 ) homes, a new U.S. federal housing project in Detroit, Michigan. A riot was caused by white neighbors’ attempts to prevent black tenants from moving in.

Arthur S. Siegel - Public domain.

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Exhibit 22 (photograph 22) The residents of the "community" surrounding McKinstry Family House were all black under segregation. There were no whites. "Racial segregation was the custom in Birmingham from the beginning, but the city ordinances making it a matter of local law appeared mainly in the early 20th century." (8) Also, the neighborhood surrounding Mckinstry Family House is historic. What makes this neighborhood historic? The neighborhood has been in existence for over 50 years and is still standing. The architecture of the houses look basically the same as it was 50 years ago.

Shirley standing by maroon car in the McKinstry front driveway.

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Exhibit 23 (photograph 23) - True, there have been some changes. The corner neighborhood grocery store is gone, building and all. A street sign and fire hydrant marks the spot (lot) where it was located.

Image showing corner grocery store, once in McKinstry Family House neighborhood, is gone.

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Exhibit 24 (photograph 24) - A few of the community houses have been torn down or burned down. For example, Willie Mays' (famous baseball player) half-sister, Anne Pearl's house, is gone, torn down. Some sort of beige plant life is growing tall toward the sky on the lot.

Image of Annie Pearl's lot showing beige plant growth. Her house once at this location in McKinstry family neighborhood. Close-up photograph.

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Exhibit 25 (photograph 25) - Annie Pearl's lot is the third lot up (south) from McKinstry Family House. Annie Pearl had several children. There were always freshly washed clothes hanging outside on her clothes line.

Image of Annie Pearl's lot showing 3 lots up from McKinstry Family House.

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Exhibit 26 (photograph 26) - Image showing Mckinstry family neighborhood gas station near the railroad track gone.

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Exhibit 27 (photograph 27) -Yet, most of the houses in the neighborhood still exist, ownership passed down to various family members or purchased by others. For example, Mrs. Lula's house (north) next door to Mckinstry Family House is still there. She is long dead, yet the house remains and is occupied. 2014.

Section of road showing Mrs. Lula's house next door is still there. White truck in front yard. 2014.

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Exhibit 28 (photograph 28) The Hardy's and Mrs. Berry's houses are still across the street from McKinstry Family House. Mrs. Lutisha's (Miss Tish) house is still across the street on the corner. The front end has been remodeled, but the basic frame still exists. Miss Tish is dead, but the house is occupied. 2014

Section of road showing houses (Hardy, Berry, Miss Tish et al.) across from McKinstry Family House still there. 2014

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Exhibit 29 (photograph 29) - The corner road beside Miss Tish's house, Henry Compton Drive, leads down into Powderly Hills, a suburb during segregation years, which contained all black people's houses. 2014

Image of the road across from McKinstry Family House leading to Powderly Hills (Henry Compton Drive). 2014

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Exhibit 30 (photograph 30) - The historic railroad track is still there and functional. It was there in 1956 when the McKinstry's moved in. Oh the stories the McKinstry's could tell about that railroad track.

Image of historic Railroad track on Ishkooda Rd. S.W.

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Exhibit 31 (photograph 31) - A little further North of the tracks, about 0.22 miles north of McKinstry Family House, the historic Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College (BBBC) still exists. It's the building with the white rooftop. The building is relatively new, but the religious school was founded in 1904. (9)

Image showing the BBBC 0.22 miles North of the House

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Exhibit 32 (photograph 32) - The McKinstry family, like other black families in Alabama and elsewhere under segregation, were subjected to "White only" signs in neighborhoods, restaurant windows, on rest room doors, and at water fountains. (6)

A sign on a restaurant window in Lancaster, Ohio in 1938. "We Cater to White Trade Only."

Ben Shahn (1898–1969) • Public domain.

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Exhibit 33 (photograph 33) - A black man drinks from a "colored" drinking fountain in Oklahoma City (1939)

Russell Lee • Public domain.

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Exhibit 34 (photograph 34) - Sign for "colored" waiting room at a Greyhound bus terminal in Rome, Georgia, 1943.

Esther Bubley • Public domain.

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Exhibit 35 (photograph 35) - Two of the McKinstry girls, Grenetta and Jacqueline, were heavily involved in the 1963 Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama. Sitting l-r, Grenetta and Jacqueline. Standing is Doris (too young at the time. She did not demonstrate).

Image of Grenetta and Jackie (sitting), Doris (.standing).

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Exhibit 36 (photograph 36) - How did segregation affect the lives of the McKinstry family? In many ways. For example, in April of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote from the Birmingham Jail. “Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States." (10)

Martin L. King, Jr.

Unknown author * Public Domain.

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Exhibit - 37 (photograph 37) - Grenetta and Jacqueline joined in with the mass of peaceful black protesters. The protestors and their sympathizers met routinely, in 1963, at Sixteenth (16th) Street Baptist Church.

16th Street Baptist Church with crowd and cops outside.

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Exhibit 38 (photograph 38) -This peaceful protest movement became known to former President John F. Kennedy (JFK) and the rest of the world as the Birmingham "1963 Civil Rights Movement." (11)

JFK photo (full face)

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Exhibit 39 (photograph 39) The McKinstry girls along with their mother, Willie G. McKinstry, attended nightly meetings at 16th Street Baptist Church, headquarters of the campaign.

Willie G. McKinstry, mother, as she often looked when they attended the meetings.

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Exhibit 40 (photograph 40) - The blacks (12 ) as they were called in those days, not African-Americans, protested racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, and elsewhere with peaceful picketing, sit-ins at white-only restaurant counters, boycotts of city buses and stores.

Image of Rosa Parks arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery city bus in 1955. She is being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after her arrest for boycotting public transportation. 12/01/1955.

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Exhibit 41 (photograph 41) - The notorious public safety commissioner, T. Eugene “Bull” Connor, vowed "that he would enforce what he perceived as law and order at any cost on the streets of Birmingham." (13)

Birmingham city streets around 16th Street Baptist Church.

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Exhibit 42 (photograph 42) - On April 10, 1963, Grenetta, along with her friend, Cynthia, volunteered to become the first children to peacefully protest during the 1963 Civil Rights Movement against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama.

Demonstration Photo of Bull Connor talking to policeman.

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Exhibit 43 (photograph 43) - Grenetta is seen picketing with a sign in front of the Birmingham, AL, Trailways bus station with Al Hibler (celebrity Jazz Musician, black singer) leading the picket line. (14)

Demonstration outside Trailways Bus Station April 1963, Birmingham, AL.

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Exhibit 44 (photograph 44) - The Birmingham Police commissioner, Bull Connor, is seen instructing the demonstrators. Grenetta is picketer #8 in line wearing white socks and tennis shoes. She was 15 years old. Cynthia is picketer #7.

Image of Bull Connor seen instructing the picket line. Picketers include # 8-Grenetta and # 7-Cynthia.

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Exhibit 45 (photograph 45) - All of the demonstrators were arrested. Both girls, Grenetta and Cynthia (school students) were taken to Juvenile Hall. It was rumored that Al Hibler was taken back to Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where the picketers organized. (14)

Amplified image of Grenetta pulled from the picket line, exhibit 42.

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Exhibit 46 (photograph 46) - Grenetta and Cynthia were both high school students and the youngest demonstrators that day.

An amplified image of Cynthia and Grenetta pulled from the picket line, exhibit 42. Note Grenetta with white socks and tennis shoes.

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Exhibit 47 (photograph 47) - photograph of Grenetta from another source and can be used for facial recognition to show Grenetta is #8 person in picket line.

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Exhibit 48 (photograph 48) - After several days in juvenile hall, Grenetta and Cynthia were released. And, at the end of the 1963 protest movement in Birmingham, AL, Bull Conner was fired as police commissioner. (13)

An amplified image of Bull Connor and a Birmingham policeman pulled from image of picketers outside Birmingham Trailways bus station, exhibit 42.

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Exhibit 49 (photograph 49) - Grenetta had a brief respite at McKinstry Family House before she marched in Birmingham a second time. This time in early May 1963 with a larger group of students.

Image of a section of McKinstry Family House, outside. Woods and family car in carport.

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Exhibit 50 (photograph 50) - The word had gotten out at most of the black schools in Birmingham that students were needed to march and go to jail. Monument of children marching is set of statues in Kelly Ingram Park showing children playing. A sign near them says, "Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your rights."

Children monument in Kelly Ingram Park showIng children playing. The sign nearby says, "Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your rights."

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Exhibit 51 (photograph 51) - Black students from all over the city began volunteering in droves. Eventually, the number of students demonstrating was so large that juvenile hall and the Birmingham City Jail could not hold them all.

Grenetta standing between student statue in Kelly Ingram Park. Written on the monument: I Ain't Afraid of your Jail.

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Exhibit 52 ((photograph 52) - As more students came into the fairground facility, they would provide news of what was happening on the outside. It was encouraging to see so many students join in for a good cause.

Little girl leading mass student walkout.

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Exhibit 53 (photograph 53) - They housed Grenetta and many of the students at the Birmingham fairgrounds (15). Grenetta sat on the floor with other girls from Ullman high school that she knew.

Image of Grenetta sitting on floor with orange hat and multi-patterned blouse.

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Exhibit 54 (photograph 54) - The girls sat on the floor and talked. There was no other activity for them to do at the fairgrounds. They were given food. But, "the floor" was their bed.

Amplified image of students sitting on the floor where they slept in 1963.

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Exhibit 55 (photograph 55) - Grenetta saw no hysteria or crying. Just bravery. Unified for a good cause. There were many students packed together, but they were all calm. There was no fighting among them. Waiting to be released wasn't as bad as it could have been.

Image of Grenetta with black jumper, multi-color trimming and matching multi-color blouse.

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Exhibit 56 (photograph 56) - John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of theUnited States during the time the demonstrations in Birmingham were going on and he commented that “no city or state body can prudently choose to ignore them”.(16) Referring to the 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade.

President John F. Kennedy giving his civil rights speech on June 11, 1963

Abbie Rowe • Public domain

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Exhibit 57 (photograph 57) - "On December 6, 1865, eight months after the end of the Civil War, the United States adopted the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which outlawed the practice of slavery.

A photograph of large group of men, congressmen, some dressed in long coats and top-hats.

Celebration erupts after the 13th amendment (17) is passed by the House of Representatives. The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

Harper's Weekly, 18 February 1865 • Public domain

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Exhibit 58 (photograph 58) - This is Gordon, a former slave. Note Gordon's back, scared from beatings. This is one of the negative images of slavery. Some atrocities are so shameful that they should "never happen again" in the history of this country (18).

Abolitionist imagery focused on atrocities against slaves. (1863 photo of Gordon) Mathew Brady • Public domain

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Exhibit 59 (photograph 59) - Because there were so many students housed at the fairgrounds, they did not have to attend school. The students were from different black-schoolsall over the segregated city of Birmingham. There were no school facilities at the fairgrounds.

Historic Image of Ullman High School in 1910. (19)

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Exhibit 60 (photograph 60) - Jacqueline, who attended Parker High School, walked-out with the students from Parker. This is Jacqueline's police record obtained from the Birmingham Public Library, Archives Department (20). Note the details of her arrest.

Image of Jacqueline's arrest record retrieved from the Birmingham Public Library, Archives Department.

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Exhibit 61 (photograph 61) - The Birmingham Public Library, Archives Department, could not find any police record for Grenetta or Shirley McKinstry. During a conversation on 12/16/2014, with Mr. Baggett, Department Head, Archives Department, Birmingham Public Library, he said, in his own handwriting (21):

Note from Mr. Baggett, Birmingham Public Library, Archives department.

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"I have been told that many juvenile records were destroyed at the request of parents and lawyers." Signed: "Jim Baggett"

Exhibit 62 (photograph 62) - For her part in the April 1963, picketing next to the Trailways bus station, Grenetta appeared before a white Juvenile Court judge in his chambers along with her mother. Grenetta was given a black female lawyer for the hearing. At the end of the hearing, all charges were dropped.

Image of young Grenetta, multi-string beads around neck, white sweater.

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Exhibit 63 (photograph 63) - Shirley, much older, had two black male lawyers. Shirley's case will be discussed later in this online tour.

Image of Shirley smiling. Auburn short hair, sash neck blouse tied in bow. Single chain necklace.

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Exhibit 64 (photograph 64) - Grenetta was voted Vice President of the student section of the 1963 Birmingham Civil Rights Movement. Tommy Wren (22), Civic Activist, was chosen president.

Grenetta (navy blouse) is at the top of the steps of 16th Street Baptist Church, directly over basement entrance.

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Exhibit 65 (photograph 65) - The voting took place in the basement of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Only a handful of students were present. Voting was by a show of hands. There were no adults from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) present, just Wren.

Grenetta (light blue jacket with blue tablet in hand, royal blue shawl handing from her neck ) is standing at Basement entrance at 16th Street Baptist Church.

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Exhibit 66 (photograph 66) - Probably, most of the hundreds of students who marched during April - May 1963 didn't even know they had a student President and Vice President. They just participated in the demonstrations, got arrested and went to jail.

Image of Foot Soldier brochure. The inside describes events for the Foot Sodiers' reunion.

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Exhibit 67 (photograph 67) - As long as de facto segregation existed in the South, Grenetta continued participating in demonstrations. On August 28,1963, she participated in the "March On Washington for Jobs and Freedom" in Washington, D.C., organized by Dr. King and the SCLC leadership. (25)

Protesters at the March on Washington in 1963

Rowland Scherman • Public domain

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Exhibit 68 (photograph 68) - Ms Tish, an elderly lady, who Grenetta's mother trusted, served as Grenetta's chaperone on the Washington, D.C. trip. Grenetta was still 15 years old at the time. Here are two black men standing by a March on Washington for jobs and freedom sign.

Bayard Rustin (left) and Cleveland Robinson (right), organizers of the March, on August 7, 1963

New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Fernandez, Orlando, photographer. • Public domain

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Exhibit 69 (photograph 69) - Grenetta traveled to Washington, D.C. along with others from Birmingham, by chartered buses. She was on the bus that had majority students. Her cost for the trip was paid by her across-the-road (Ishkooda RD SW) neighbor, Mrs. Lutisha (Miss Tish). Ms. Tish's house was close enough to be seen through the McKinstry's den window.

Image of Mrs. Trisha's House through the Den window.

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Exhibit 70 (photograph 70) -.Grenetta's mother drove her and Ms. Tish from McKinstry Family House to the bus location (Kelly Ingram Park) for departure and picked them up when they returned.

Section of Kelly Ingram park (24) near where the buses load.

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Exhibit 71 (photograph 71) - Grenetta was in Selma, Alabama, on the night of the celebrity concert held for the protestors. She was chaperoned by one of her mother's good friends, Mrs. Fannie Mae and her husband, Willie, who drove them to the event. This is Mrs. Fannie Mae and her daughter, Barbara (who did not go to Selma or protest march, but was the same age as Grenetta).

Mrs. Fannie Mae (blue blouse) and daughter Barbara (light pink blouse and jacket).

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Exhibit 72 (photograph 72) - Grenetta was so pleased when she passed by the celebrity bus in Selma, filled with celebrities (25) which included the famous comedian, Nipsey Russell. He smiled and winked playfully at her from the bus window.

Image of Nipsy Russell

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Exhibit 73 (photograph 73) - Of course, there were several other celebrities who performed at the Selma March along with Mr. Russell. Dick Gregory was rumored to be one of them.

Grenetta (navy blouse and pants) standing next to Julius Ellsberry monument, first black, Alabama man killed in World War II. Monument located in kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham , AL.

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Exhibit 74 (photograph 74) - This is the Birmingham foot solder monument in Kelly Ingram Park.

St. Augustine, FL, also, has a Foot Soldier monument which was dedicated May 14, 2011. It is located "in the Southeast corner of the Plaza De La Constitucion, which is a prominent, historic public park." (26 ).

Image of the Birmingham Foot Soldier monument in Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, AL.

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Exhibit 75 (photograph 75) - There were many unsung heroes of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement in 1963. The McKinstry girls, Grenetta and Jacqueline, were just two of them. Herein lies their story.

Image of the Foot Soldier reunion brochure and envelope addressed to Grenetta .

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Exhibit 76 (photograph 76) -,Even with all of the civil rights activity in which Grenetta participated, she managed to graduate from Ullman High School on time and was one of the top 10 students in her graduation class, January 1965.

IGrenetta's Ullman High School graduation picture, January 1965

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Exhibit 77 (photograph 77) - Grenetta also, received a tuition scholarship to Stillman College, one of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Image of Stillman red year book cover, Stillmanite year book.

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Exhibit 78 (photograph 78) - Grenetta also, marched in St. Augustine, Florida, and spent two weeks in jail in a holding cell with other women who demonstrated. Grenetta and the other female demonstrators were never mixed with the general prison population.

Image of young Grenetta with beige pant suit and orange suede purse.

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Exhibit 79 (photograph 79) - McKinstry children were "born" as racial segregation loomed over the city of Birmingham, Alabama. The older ones, Wilma, Shirley, Melvin, Jacqueline, and Marvin were all born at home, not in a hospital (27).

Image of McKinstry family members. l-r: Jacqueline, Marvin, Doris, Melvin, Shirley.

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Exhibit 80 (photograph 80) - Grenetta was born in the Bessemer General Hospital "elevator," not in a hospital bed that is customary for childbirth (27). Her mother, Wille G. McKinstry, told her she was paid $5.00 for her inconvenience. With that being said, you could say that this birthing event started Grenetta McKinstry off with a unique and sometimes unexpected life.

Image of young Grenetta sitting. She has on yellow striped, sleeveless summer top.

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Exhibit 81 (photograph 81) - The McKinstry parents later adopted (5) two of their grandchildren, Venita and Ralph, birthed by their oldest daughter, Wilma McKinstry Washington, who died during the birth of her third child, Djuana. This is Young Venita.

Image of Young Venita seen with hair style of two split braids on each side of head, front hair bangs, blouse tied in large bow.

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Exhibit. 82 (photograph 82) - Image of Young Ralph seen in orange shirt.

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Exhibit 83 (photograph 83) -Djuana survived the childbirth and grew to adulthood. She was adopted at birth by Willie McKinstry's sister, Anna Mae, who had no children of her own. Anna Mae also, lived in the greater Birmingham area. This is young Djuana.

Image of young Djuana, child of oldest McKinstry daughter, Wilma.

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Exhibit 84 (photograph 84) - While growing up, all three siblings kept in close contact with each other and are now (year 2019) very close.

Image of Djuana all grown up, blue suit, white blouse.

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Exhibit 85 (photograph 85) - In Alabama, Racial segregation followed two forms, De Jure segregation and De facto segregation. "De Jure segregation mandated the separation of races by law, and was the form imposed by slave codes before the Civil War and by Black Codes and Jim Crow laws following the war. " (6)

Segregation history. Image of six African Americans in Georgia (1916). Count the ropes

Segregation History. "Lynching."

Lynching of six African Americans in Georgia (1916)

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Exhibit 83 - Image of six African Americans in Georgia (1916). Count the ropes

Exhibit 86 (photograph 86) - De jure segregation was outlawed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968." (6).

Robert F. Kennedy speaking to civil rights activists in front of the Justice Department on June 14, 1963.(16)

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Exhibit 87 (photograph 87) - Segregation laws were strictly followed in the city of Birmingham until the 1960s civil rights activities in Alabama. "These laws were sometimes called Jim Crow laws. The Origin was in the Mid-19th Century named after “Jim Crow” – another name for “negro." (28). The Rex Theatre in MS, 1937, shows how wide-spread segregation was in the South.

The Rex Theatre

A separate movie theater for black people in Mississippi (1937)

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Exhibit 88 (photograph 88) - During segregation, blacks and whites were not allowed to sit next to each other, together, on the Birmingham city bus. Riding from the Powderly neighborhood (where bus-stop located) to downtown Birmingham was always a challenge for the McKinstry's. Cartoon bus.

Image of a Cartoon from 1904 showing how blacks were not treated equally under "Jim Crow" (16)

John T. McCutcheon • Public domain

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Exhibit 89 (photograph 89) - The Birmingham city transit buses had two entry doors, front and side-back. The city buses looked similar in structure to the one shown here. Note the front and back doors.

Image of the bus Rosa Parks was riding when she refused to give up her seat.

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Exhibit 90 (photograph 90) - One never knew when the bus would be full and a black person, would have to give up their seat to a white person. Or, pay at the front of the bus and the white bus driver would tell the black person to enter through the side door. Same bus fare. Different treatment for blacks.

Image of young Grenetta standing with orange hat and multi-pattern bell-bottom pants.

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Exhibit 91 (photograph 91) - Shirley recalls (29) an incident on the bus one Saturday in 1963, after leaving her job at the Masonic Temple. She and her friend, Ms. D. Nelson, got on the bus. It was full. After they paid their bus fare, the bus driver requested they get off and enter through the rear door.

Image of Shirley sitting in kitchen at McKinstry Family House. Auburn hair. Grey top.

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Exhibit 92 (photograph 92) - If the bus was too full, blacks would have to ride all the way into town standing up in the back of the bus. All the seats were given to whites. Blacks paid the same amount of money for bus fare as whites, but were treated less of a person than whites. This treatment happened to Grenetta and Shirley.

Image of Grenetta standing by pole. Hair in bun on top of head, sleeveless top.

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Exhibit 93 (photograph 93) - Ms. D. Nelson, who was ahead of Shirley, refused to get off the bus. Since Shirley was with Ms. D. Nelson, her friend, the bus driver summoned the police on both of them. When the Birmingham police arrived, the bus driver told the police that there were "two niggers" on the bus being disorderly. They were taken off the bus and written-up for disorderly conduct.

Image of Martin l. King. Note sign behind him says, "Why we can't wait!"

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Exhibit 94 (photograph 94) - The two ladies didn't go to jail at the time, but Shirley was summoned to appear in court two or three times because of the incident.

Image of Shirley, head shot, Kelly green blouse, sitting in chair, in living room at McKinstry Family House.

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Exhibit 95 (photograph 95) - Arthur Shores and Arzell Billingsley were Shirley's two black attorneys. On the last time Shirley attended court for the incident, the judge threw the case out of court. Shirley has no criminal record for this incident.

Arthur Shores Center. The building located across the street from Kelly Ingram Park.

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Exhibit 96 (photograph 96) - What happened to Shirley and her friend, Ms. D. Nelson, is just another example of the way things were for blacks before the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement in 1963.

Image of Shirley sitting with hands up to her face. Pink blouse. Black short hair.

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Exhibit 97 (photograph 97) - The second form of segregation in Alabama was De facto segregation, (6) or segregation "in fact." It is segregation that exists without sanction of the law. For example, living together between blacks and whites in the same house and even the same neighborhood was forbidden in Alabama during segregation."(6)

Segregation History. "Lynching."

Lynching of one black man

John William Clark lynched Cartersville GA Sept 1930 after killing Police Chief J. B. Jenkins

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Exhibit 98 (photograph 98) - Blacks were not allowed to stay in white-only hotels in Birmingham during segregation. Blacks could work at these white-only hotels, as maids or perform other menial physical labor, but not stay there.

Image of Grenetta head shot only. Short black hair. Gold earring. Yellow-gold blouse background with multi-patterned forms on it.

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Exhibit 99 (photograph 99) - Grenetta had graduated from Ullman High School, January 1965. So, to occupy her time before College, September 1965, Grenetta took a job at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel. (24 )During this time in history, only hand-operated elevators (25) existed at the hotel and the hotel hired and trained black female elevator operators.

Image of Grenetta's Ullman High School diploma, January 1965.

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Exhibit 100 (photograph 100) - Young Wilma, the McKinstry's oldest daughter.

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Exhibit Legends .(1-100)

Exhibits = Photographs = Images

House = McKinstry Family House

Museum = McKinstry Family Museum, Incorporated

Legends = Descriptions, titles

Our Family

Welcome to the McKinstry Family Museum Online Tour.

This online tour tells the story of the McKinstry family who began their lives living under the dark cloud of segregation in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama,

Album cover - Brown with gold trim. Our Family

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Group photograph of seven members of the McKinstry family. Sitting l-r: Doris, Jacqueline, Grenetta, Shirley. Standing l-r: Marvin, mother (Willie G.), Melvin.

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Exhibit 2 (photograph 2) - Father, Wille McKinstry, standing at podium, black tuxedo, black bow-tie, white boutonniere on suit, black-rimmed eyeglasses.

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Exhibit 3 (photograph 3) - Sadly, during this time (years 1956 to 2006), three family members died. Their deaths will be discussed in more detail later in the tour.

Grey photo album trimmed in two gold stripes across top.

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Exhibit 4 (photograph 4) - Dr. Willie D. McKinstry's Obituary program (b.1919-d.1978)

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Exhibit 5 (photograph 5) - Wilma McKinstry Washington, the McKinstry's oldest daughter. Died giving birth to third child.

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Exhibit 6 (photograph 6) - Jacqueline McKinstry Pickett Obituary program. Middle daughter (b. 1944- d. 2002).

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The McKinstry Family House (full view, 2014).

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House mail box 2236, after the House location annexed to the city.

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Exhibit 9 (photograph 9) - On February 12, 2015, the house received Alabama Historical Landmark Status. The "State of Alabama" named the house, "McKinstry Family House." (1)

Image of Alabama Historical Landmark Certificate for McKinstry Family House.

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Exhibit 10 (photograph 10) - Letter to the McKinstry family from Jennifer K. Bailey, Coordinator, Alabama Register of Landmark & Heritage.

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Exhibit 11 (photograph 11) - Two of the McKinstry Children, Marvin and Grenetta, did quite a bit of property research in Birmingham, Alabama, to get the house approved. (2) (3)

Grenetta standing in Marvin's yard before their trip to Birmingham. AL. December 2014, to do research on the House.

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Exhibit 12 (photograph 12) - Image of Marvin standing in his yard before Birmingham trip, his hand on maroon SUV located near grey porch steps on back of grey house.

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Image of City directory librarian (green jacket) helping Marvin (blue jacket) obtain research on the House.

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Exhibit 14 (photograph 14) - Another image of City directory librarian (green top) helping Marvin (blue jean jacket) obtain information on the house.

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Exhibit 15 (photograph 15) - Grenetta sitting at microfilm machine looking "exhausted." It took a lot of time finding the right information on the House.

Grenetta at microfilm machine looking through city directory, "exhausted."

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Exhibit 16 (photograph 16) - Image showing library microfilm results. (2) (3)

Grenetta and Marvin obtained information on the House through Microfilm.

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Marvin and Grenetta at desk in Birmingham, Alabama getting Museum approved.

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Exhibit 18 (photograph 18) - Image of Grenetta signing Alabama legal documents attached to founding the museum.

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Exhibit 19 (photograph 19) All of the residents of McKinstry Family House were born under the dark cloud of "Racial Segregation (segregation)" in Alabama.

This list of house residents was written by Mrs. Willie G. McKinstry, in her own handwriting. Venita and Ralph were adopted (5) several years after the document was written.

List of residents in the House written by mother, Willie G. McKinstry.

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The American flag, symbol of freedom and justice in the United States.

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Segregation happened in the North as well as the South.

Arthur S. Siegel - Public domain.

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Shirley standing by maroon car in the McKinstry front driveway.

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Image showing corner grocery store, once in McKinstry Family House neighborhood, is gone.

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Image of Annie Pearl's lot showing beige plant growth. Her house once at this location in McKinstry family neighborhood. Close-up photograph.

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Image of Annie Pearl's lot showing 3 lots up from McKinstry Family House.

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Exhibit 26 (photograph 26) - Image showing Mckinstry family neighborhood gas station near the railroad track gone.

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Section of road showing Mrs. Lula's house next door is still there. White truck in front yard. 2014.

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Section of road showing houses (Hardy, Berry, Miss Tish et al.) across from McKinstry Family House still there. 2014

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Image of the road across from McKinstry Family House leading to Powderly Hills (Henry Compton Drive). 2014

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Image of historic Railroad track on Ishkooda Rd. S.W.

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Image showing the BBBC 0.22 miles North of the House

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A sign on a restaurant window in Lancaster, Ohio in 1938. "We Cater to White Trade Only."

Ben Shahn (1898–1969) • Public domain.

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Exhibit 33 (photograph 33) - A black man drinks from a "colored" drinking fountain in Oklahoma City (1939)

Russell Lee • Public domain.

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Exhibit 34 (photograph 34) - Sign for "colored" waiting room at a Greyhound bus terminal in Rome, Georgia, 1943.

Esther Bubley • Public domain.

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Image of Grenetta and Jackie (sitting), Doris (.standing).

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Martin L. King, Jr.

Unknown author * Public Domain.

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16th Street Baptist Church with crowd and cops outside.

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Exhibit 38 (photograph 38) -This peaceful protest movement became known to former President John F. Kennedy (JFK) and the rest of the world as the Birmingham "1963 Civil Rights Movement." (11)

JFK photo (full face)

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Exhibit 39 (photograph 39) The McKinstry girls along with their mother, Willie G. McKinstry, attended nightly meetings at 16th Street Baptist Church, headquarters of the campaign.

Willie G. McKinstry, mother, as she often looked when they attended the meetings.

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Birmingham city streets around 16th Street Baptist Church.

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Demonstration Photo of Bull Connor talking to policeman.

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Demonstration outside Trailways Bus Station April 1963, Birmingham, AL.

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Image of Bull Connor seen instructing the picket line. Picketers include # 8-Grenetta and # 7-Cynthia.

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Amplified image of Grenetta pulled from the picket line, exhibit 42.

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Exhibit 46 (photograph 46) - Grenetta and Cynthia were both high school students and the youngest demonstrators that day.

An amplified image of Cynthia and Grenetta pulled from the picket line, exhibit 42. Note Grenetta with white socks and tennis shoes.

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Exhibit 47 (photograph 47) - photograph of Grenetta from another source and can be used for facial recognition to show Grenetta is #8 person in picket line.

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An amplified image of Bull Connor and a Birmingham policeman pulled from image of picketers outside Birmingham Trailways bus station, exhibit 42.

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Exhibit 49 (photograph 49) - Grenetta had a brief respite at McKinstry Family House before she marched in Birmingham a second time. This time in early May 1963 with a larger group of students.

Image of a section of McKinstry Family House, outside. Woods and family car in carport.

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Children monument in Kelly Ingram Park showIng children playing. The sign nearby says, "Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your rights."

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Grenetta standing between student statue in Kelly Ingram Park. Written on the monument: I Ain't Afraid of your Jail.

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Little girl leading mass student walkout.

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Exhibit 53 (photograph 53) - They housed Grenetta and many of the students at the Birmingham fairgrounds (15). Grenetta sat on the floor with other girls from Ullman high school that she knew.

Image of Grenetta sitting on floor with orange hat and multi-patterned blouse.

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Exhibit 54 (photograph 54) - The girls sat on the floor and talked. There was no other activity for them to do at the fairgrounds. They were given food. But, "the floor" was their bed.

Amplified image of students sitting on the floor where they slept in 1963.

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Image of Grenetta with black jumper, multi-color trimming and matching multi-color blouse.

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President John F. Kennedy giving his civil rights speech on June 11, 1963

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A photograph of large group of men, congressmen, some dressed in long coats and top-hats.

Celebration erupts after the 13th amendment (17) is passed by the House of Representatives. The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

Harper's Weekly, 18 February 1865 • Public domain

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Abolitionist imagery focused on atrocities against slaves. (1863 photo of Gordon) Mathew Brady • Public domain

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Historic Image of Ullman High School in 1910. (19)

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Image of Jacqueline's arrest record retrieved from the Birmingham Public Library, Archives Department.

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Note from Mr. Baggett, Birmingham Public Library, Archives department.

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"I have been told that many juvenile records were destroyed at the request of parents and lawyers." Signed: "Jim Baggett"

Image of young Grenetta, multi-string beads around neck, white sweater.

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Exhibit 63 (photograph 63) - Shirley, much older, had two black male lawyers. Shirley's case will be discussed later in this online tour.

Image of Shirley smiling. Auburn short hair, sash neck blouse tied in bow. Single chain necklace.

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Exhibit 64 (photograph 64) - Grenetta was voted Vice President of the student section of the 1963 Birmingham Civil Rights Movement. Tommy Wren (22), Civic Activist, was chosen president.

Grenetta (navy blouse) is at the top of the steps of 16th Street Baptist Church, directly over basement entrance.

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Grenetta (light blue jacket with blue tablet in hand, royal blue shawl handing from her neck ) is standing at Basement entrance at 16th Street Baptist Church.

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Image of Foot Soldier brochure. The inside describes events for the Foot Sodiers' reunion.

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Protesters at the March on Washington in 1963

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Bayard Rustin (left) and Cleveland Robinson (right), organizers of the March, on August 7, 1963

New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Fernandez, Orlando, photographer. • Public domain

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Image of Mrs. Trisha's House through the Den window.

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Exhibit 70 (photograph 70) -.Grenetta's mother drove her and Ms. Tish from McKinstry Family House to the bus location (Kelly Ingram Park) for departure and picked them up when they returned.

Section of Kelly Ingram park (24) near where the buses load.

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Mrs. Fannie Mae (blue blouse) and daughter Barbara (light pink blouse and jacket).

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Image of Nipsy Russell

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Exhibit 73 (photograph 73) - Of course, there were several other celebrities who performed at the Selma March along with Mr. Russell. Dick Gregory was rumored to be one of them.

Grenetta (navy blouse and pants) standing next to Julius Ellsberry monument, first black, Alabama man killed in World War II. Monument located in kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham , AL.

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Exhibit 74 (photograph 74) - This is the Birmingham foot solder monument in Kelly Ingram Park.

Image of the Birmingham Foot Soldier monument in Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, AL.

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Image of the Foot Soldier reunion brochure and envelope addressed to Grenetta .

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IGrenetta's Ullman High School graduation picture, January 1965

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Exhibit 77 (photograph 77) - Grenetta also, received a tuition scholarship to Stillman College, one of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Image of Stillman red year book cover, Stillmanite year book.

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Image of young Grenetta with beige pant suit and orange suede purse.

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Image of McKinstry family members. l-r: Jacqueline, Marvin, Doris, Melvin, Shirley.

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Image of young Grenetta sitting. She has on yellow striped, sleeveless summer top.

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Image of Young Venita seen with hair style of two split braids on each side of head, front hair bangs, blouse tied in large bow.

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Exhibit. 82 (photograph 82) - Image of Young Ralph seen in orange shirt.

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Image of young Djuana, child of oldest McKinstry daughter, Wilma.

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Exhibit 84 (photograph 84) - While growing up, all three siblings kept in close contact with each other and are now (year 2019) very close.

Image of Djuana all grown up, blue suit, white blouse.

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Segregation history. Image of six African Americans in Georgia (1916). Count the ropes

Segregation History. "Lynching."

Lynching of six African Americans in Georgia (1916)

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Exhibit 83 - Image of six African Americans in Georgia (1916). Count the ropes

Exhibit 86 (photograph 86) - De jure segregation was outlawed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968." (6).

Robert F. Kennedy speaking to civil rights activists in front of the Justice Department on June 14, 1963.(16)

Leffler, Warren K. • Public domain

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The Rex Theatre

A separate movie theater for black people in Mississippi (1937)

Dorothea Lange • Public domain

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Image of a Cartoon from 1904 showing how blacks were not treated equally under "Jim Crow" (16)

John T. McCutcheon • Public domain

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Image of the bus Rosa Parks was riding when she refused to give up her seat.

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Image of young Grenetta standing with orange hat and multi-pattern bell-bottom pants.

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Image of Shirley sitting in kitchen at McKinstry Family House. Auburn hair. Grey top.

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Image of Grenetta standing by pole. Hair in bun on top of head, sleeveless top.

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Image of Martin l. King. Note sign behind him says, "Why we can't wait!"

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Exhibit 94 (photograph 94) - The two ladies didn't go to jail at the time, but Shirley was summoned to appear in court two or three times because of the incident.

Image of Shirley, head shot, Kelly green blouse, sitting in chair, in living room at McKinstry Family House.

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Arthur Shores Center. The building located across the street from Kelly Ingram Park.

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Exhibit 96 (photograph 96) - What happened to Shirley and her friend, Ms. D. Nelson, is just another example of the way things were for blacks before the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement in 1963.

Image of Shirley sitting with hands up to her face. Pink blouse. Black short hair.

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Segregation History. "Lynching."

Lynching of one black man

John William Clark lynched Cartersville GA Sept 1930 after killing Police Chief J. B. Jenkins

Unknown • Public domain

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Image of Grenetta head shot only. Short black hair. Gold earring. Yellow-gold blouse background with multi-patterned forms on it.

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Image of Grenetta's Ullman High School diploma, January 1965.

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Exhibit 100 (photograph 100) - Young Wilma, the McKinstry's oldest daughter.

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