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Looking for Justice, Civil Rights Rally, Montgomery, Alabama

1968

Chester Higgins

(American, b. 1946)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 19.3 x 21.9 cm (7 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.); Paper: 19.3 x 21.9 cm (7 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2021.135
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Chester Higgins Jr. took this image the year he began photographing, while still a student at the Tuskegee Institute.

Description

Higgins took up photography to document protests on campus and other activities in the Civil Rights Movement. The picture shows neither leaders nor dramatic moments in the movement; instead, Higgins focused on the audience listening to speeches at a civil rights rally. The expressions on the faces of the crowd vary: they range from hope to forbearance to cynicism, but always demonstrate determination.
Black-and-white photograph of people with medium-light to medium-dark skin tones, some holding umbrellas and most wearing hats, gathered in front of a brick wall and looking out at something beyond us. The majority of the people cluster in the lower left corner while, to the right, three more gather. Umbrellas from people we cannot see break in on the left and lower edges.

Looking for Justice, Civil Rights Rally, Montgomery, Alabama

1968

Chester Higgins

(American, b. 1946)
America

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