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Mamie King-Chalmers, woman in civil rights photo, dies at 81

Por: WPLG Local 10 Nation December 03, 2022

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DETROIT – Mamie King-Chalmers, who as a young Black woman appeared in an about civil rights struggles in Alabama, has died at the age of 81.She died Tuesday in Detroit, her home since the 1970s, daughter Lasuria Allman said. A cause wasn't disclosed.King-Chalmers, 21 at the time, was one of three Black people forced to brace themselves against a building while being blasted with water from a firehose in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. The... + full article



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