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Object Details

Created by

Spider Martin, American, 1939 - 2003

Subject of

John Lewis, American, 1940 - 2020

Hosea Lorenzo Williams, American, 1926 - 2000

Albert Turner, 1936 - 2000

Bob Mants, 1943 - 2011

Description

A black-and-white photograph of Alabama police officers approaching Civil Rights marchers. White onlookers can be seen in the background between the two groups. This photograph may be a prelude to 2011.14.5.

Credit Line

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

Date

1965; printed 1995

Object number

2011.14.12

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 8 9/16 x 13 11/16 in. (21.7 x 34.8 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 9 x 14 in. (22.9 x 35.6 cm)

Place depicted

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/fd52f496c58-7b44-4169-83d3-2965992ed1e7

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.14.12