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Marchers Continue Their Hike: Under the watchful eye of an Army military police, ordered out by President Johnson, civil rights marchers continue their 50-mile walk along Route 80 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama today. Other soldiers stand guard at intersections in background, March 22, 1965

1965

America

Gelatin silver print, wirephoto

Image: 20.6 x 25.3 cm (8 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Paper: 20.6 x 25.3 cm (8 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 2021.19

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Federal troops and the state’s National Guard units were called out by President Lyndon Baines Johnson to protect voting rights protesters marching from Selma to Montgomery March 21–25, 1965.

Description

Distance and separation are the themes of this image. We see the line of marchers from afar, funneled through the windscreen of the military vehicle. The marchers appear quite small in contrast with the soldier standing beside it. It is not clear if this is a state or federal trooper. State troopers had violently attacked an earlier attempt to make the march.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Stamped in red ink on verso: "RETURN to:/CHRONICLE FILES/3-22-65 (written in blue ink)"

Inscription

Imprinted in black type on paper label taped to verso: "Under watch of an Army military policeman, civil rights marches trek/along road from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., March 22, 1965"

Inscription

Written in blue ink on paper label taped to verso: "Alabama March-Photos"

Inscription

Written in pencil on verso: "CVL-AL-247.1 2500"

Provenance
?-2021
Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY
March 1, 2021
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.19