
Typed label within lower margin of photographic image: "BM3) Birmingham, Ala., May 14 – Racial Violence Vic-/tim – James Peck, 46, New York City, who was beaten at/ the Birmingham bus station yesterday. A member of a/ group of “freedom riders”, he was attacked as they/ fought to break bus station racial barriers at Bir-/mingham. He was treated at a hospital and released./ At least three other persons were beaten in scatter-“.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
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