Peppler

Jackson and Young were movement figures, but in his years of covering King and SCLC, Peppler noticed a “strange level of celebrity” associated with their efforts.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

A few blocks away, photographer Jim Peppler slept in the backseat of his car.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

Jim Peppler, photo editor for the Southern Courier, a nonprofit newspaper that covered the civil rights movement in Alabama, had driven from Montgomery, arriving in Atlanta at dusk.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

Jim Peppler, a young photographer, served as the photo editor of the Southern Courier, a short-lived Alabama-based newspaper that supported the civil rights movement.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

Jim Peppler thought, If somebody would go up to a police chief and feel comfortable discussing murder and disposing of the body, this is one of the tells for what is going on in the South.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

Looking through his lens, Jim Peppler saw the blur of petals and behind it a cluster of news photographers standing on top of a nearby mausoleum.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

Jackson and Young were movement figures, but in his years of covering King and SCLC, Peppler noticed a “strange level of celebrity” associated with their efforts.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

Thompson, 19%-owned by China's Wuhan Iron & Steel Co., also owns the Lamalee-Peppler development project in Quebec, with resources of 302 million metric tons.

Cliffs to Buy Canadian Iron-Ore Miner Robert Guy Matthews 2011

A few blocks away, photographer Jim Peppler slept in the backseat of his car.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

Outside Ebenezer, where he had been set up since dawn, photographer Jim Peppler stood as close to the church as he could.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011