The Edmund Pettus Bridge

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Object Details

Created by

Spider Martin, American, 1939 - 2003

Subject of

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Woman or Women

Description

A black-and-white photograph of the Selma to Montgomery march progressing over the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where marchers were later attacked in an event known as Bloody Sunday.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

March 7, 1965; printed 1995

Object number

2011.14.18

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 8 7/16 x 13 11/16 in. (21.4 x 34.7 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Place depicted

Selma, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Selma to Montgomery Marches

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Photography

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd515588c0b-b74a-4955-822b-867608da9e39

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.14.18