Protest March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, USA
- Photography
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6 x 6 in
(15.24 x 15.24 cm)
- Bruce Davidson
This photograph was printed in 2020 for Magnum Square Prints, as part of a benefit sale--half the proceeds went to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
The artist writes: This photograph was taken during the 1965 protest marches from Selma to the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. Martin Luther King Jr. led a group of African American, nonviolent marchers to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression. This was a watershed moment in the U.S. civil rights movement. I came across this young demonstrator, wrapped in a flag, protesting racism; behind him is Father Sherrill Smith of San Antonio, a white catholic priest who protested against injustice for most of his life.
- Created: 1965
- Current Location: Gabert Library, 71 Sip Avenue - 4th Floor
- Collections: African Art & Art of the African Diaspora, American Political Culture, Black and White, Photography, Portrait or Figurative, Works by Men