- Collection:
- Voices of Civil Rights
- Title:
- Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965
- Creator:
- Pettus, Peter
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- Subject:
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama
Demonstrations--Alabama
Flags--United States
Civil rights workers--Alabama
Marching
Protest marches--Alabama
Civil rights workers--Alabama - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
Photographs document the experience of the marchers before and during the event. Images include marchers boarding buses and trains to Alabama; arriving in Montgomery and Selma; people talking, singing, and resting. Also views of onlookers and law enforcement officers along the march route; close-ups of marcher's feet and worn shoes.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Local Identifier:
- LC-DIG-ppmsca-08102 (digital file from original photograph)
LC-USZ62-133090 (b&w film copy neg.) - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.08102
- Extent:
- 1 photographic print
- Original Collection:
- Peter Pettus Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. Collection, Library of Congress.
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
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