Julia Wilder and Others, December 1981

Julia Wilder is shown seated in front of E. Randel T. Osburn and others at an Alabama State Chapter Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Selma, Alabama. Written on verso: ALABAMA SCLC -- Mrs. Julia Wilder of Pickens County, Alabama sits in on a meeting during the Alabama SCLC convention in Selma. Convicted on a contemptible charge of vote fraud for aiding elderly and handicapped citizens in voting, Mrs. Wilder, along with comrade Maggie Bozeman (not pictured), was sentenced to serve time in prison. SCLC is currently engaged in a national campaign to win their freedom. Mrs. Wilder began serving five years on January 11th and Mrs. Bozeman, four years.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection