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Bruce Davidson The Great Freedom March. Martin Luther King Jr. led a group of marchers from Selma to Montgomery to fight for Black suffrage. On the second day, marchers awoke to a light drizzle. Those who did not (...)
Eve Arnold Civil rights movement for integration. Teaching the illiterate to write so that they have the right to vote. Virginia. USA. 1960. © Eve Arnold | Magnum Photos
Burt Glinn Reporter interviewing one of the 'Little Rock Nine.' Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas was set to begin the 1957 school year desegregated. The Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, defied t (...)
Eve Arnold Demonstration during civil rights movement and passing of integration laws. Virginia, USA. 1960. © Eve Arnold | Magnum Photos
Bruce Davidson | .jpg Firemen turn their hoses on civil right protestors. Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 1963. © Bruce Davidson | Magnum Photos
Danny Lyon Demonstrators from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) hold placards urging African Americans to register to vote in front of the Selma federal building. Selma, Alabama, USA. Octob (...)
Bruce Davidson The Great Freedom March. Martin Luther King Jr. led a group of marchers from Selma to Montgomery to fight for Black suffrage. Alabama, Selma, USA. 1965. © Bruce Davidson | Magnum Photos
Bruce Davidson Led by Martin Luther King Jr., a group of civil rights demonstrators march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for Black suffrage. A young African American man with the word 'VOTE' on his forehead. A (...)