Skip to main content

Marchers on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Thumbnail for Marchers on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March.
View
@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

McCormick, William

Description

The following leaders are on the front row, wearing leis: John Lewis, Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Bunche, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, and F. D. Reese. Sylvan Street was later renamed Martin Luther King Street.
Type:
Image
Format:
2000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1965 03 21
Rights:
Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
View Original At:

From Collection

Alabama Media Group Collection

Record Contributed By

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

Keywords

  1. Abernathy, Ralph, 1926 1990
  2. African Americans
  3. Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904 1971
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  6. Civil Rights Leaders
  7. Clergy
  8. Dallas County (Ala.)
  9. Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907 1972
  10. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929 1968
  11. Lewis, John, 1940 2020
  12. Nuns
  13. Reese, Frederick Douglas, 1929 2018
  14. Selma (Ala.)
  15. Selma Montgomery Rights March, 1965

Related Content

Marchers on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers standing in lines on Sylvan Street before the start of the Selma to Montgomery March in downtown Selma, Alabama. Marchers south of the Edmund Pettus Bridge after crossing it on the first day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers standing in lines on Sylvan Street before the start of the Selma to Montgomery March in downtown Selma, Alabama. Marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in downtown Selma, Alabama, on the first day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers preparing to line up on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, before the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March in downtown Selma, Alabama, probably on Sylvan Street. Marchers on Alabama Avenue in downtown Selma, Alabama, at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. John Lewis, Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Bunche, and others standing in a line on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, before the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers preparing to line up on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, before the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. Martin Luther King Jr. talking with Ralph Bunche at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March in downtown Selma, Alabama. Marchers at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March in downtown Selma, Alabama, probably on Sylvan Street. Marchers preparing to line up on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, before the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers preparing to line up on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, before the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. John Lewis, Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr., and others on Broad Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, at the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers preparing to line up on Sylvan Street in downtown Selma, Alabama, before the start of the Selma to Montgomery March. Martin Luther King Jr. standing among marchers at a rest stop on Highway 80 in Dallas County, Alabama, on the first day of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers south of the Edmund Pettus Bridge after crossing it on the first day of the Selma to Montgomery March.
Download JSON