- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Marchers preparing to line up on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, before the start of the Selma to Montgomery March.
- Creator:
- McCormick, William
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1965-03-21
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Civic leaders
Civil rights
Clergy
Selma (Ala.)
Dallas County (Ala.) - People:
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The following leaders are visible on the front row, wearing leis: John Lewis, Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Ralph Bunche. Brown Chapel AME Church and the George Washington Carver Homes are behind them. Sylvan Street was later renamed Martin Luther King Street.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/108579
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:108579/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
- Original Collection:
- Huntsville Times
Alabama Media Group
Alabama Media Group Collection - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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