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Law enforcement offices and journalists in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in downtown Selma, Alabama, at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

McCormick, William

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This photograph was taken on Broad Street facing south toward the bridge; the marchers are not visible here.
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2000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1965 03 21
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
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Alabama Media Group Collection

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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  4. Dallas County (Ala.)
  5. Journalists
  6. Law Enforcement Officers
  7. Motion Picture Cameras
  8. Photographers
  9. Selma (Ala.)
  10. Selma Montgomery Rights March, 1965

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