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[Procession of demonstrators during the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to fight for black suffrage, 1965]

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  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  5. Gelatin Silver Prints
  6. Law Enforcement Officers
  7. Marching
  8. Selma To Montgomery Rights March
  9. Selma, Ala.)
  10. Suffrage

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