Hardcore marchers huddle by an early morning fire. Some three hundred went the entire distance camping by the road. Other marchers returned to their homes at night or slept in motels. March 1965

1965, printed later

Charles Moore

(American, 1931–2010)

Culture

America

Medium

gelatin silver print

Measurements

Image: 22.1 x 32.9 cm (8 11/16 x 12 15/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 x 35.2 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2021.25

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

Despite the Civil Rights Act of 1964 banning racial discrimination in voting, Blacks in southern states were still being denied voting access in 1965.

Description

Protests demanding equal voting rights for Blacks were met with resistance, arrests, and sometime, violence. Alabama became the focus of these protests, culminating in the famous 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on March 21-25, 1965. Press coverage, especially photographs, aroused public awareness and helped lead, five months later, to passage of the national Voting Rights Act, which allowed Black voters to challenge restrictions and greatly strengthened their participation in elections.