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A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Marching In Montgomery, 1965, Reconsidered

Posted by: Guha Shankar

Montgomery in March, 1965, Reconsidered: The Perspective from the Other Side of the Lens This week’s blog is a companion piece to my previous post on the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Campaign in Alabama. Both blogs have provided a great opportunity for the AFC to share examples of Glen Pearcy’s singular photo documentation from the front …

Posted in: 1965, African American History, African Americans, Civil Rights, Civil Rights History Project, Freedom Struggle, Photographs, Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, SNCC

People marching, mostly young and African American

Marching in Montgomery, 1965

Posted by: Guha Shankar

Montgomery in March, 1965: Images from the front lines of the freedom struggle Selma has been much in public consciousness in recent months, owing to the release of the movie of the same name, the city’s historical place and symbolic importance in the (renewed) contention over voting rights in the nation and, of course, this …

Posted in: 1965, African American History, African Americans, Civil Rights, Civil Rights History Project, Glen Pearcy Collection, Martin Luther King, Photographs, Preservation, Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, SNCC, Students