A group of clergymen from the Washington area join hands to sing "We Shall Overcome" at Washington National Airport before flying to Alabama to take part in a scheduled march on March 9 for Negro voting rights. The group flew to Montgomery where they planned to take a bus to Selma for the demonstration. Among them are Rabbi Richard A. Hirsch, left, of Washington; Bishop John Wesley Lord, third from left; Methodist Bishop of Washington; and the Rt. Reverend George L. Gringas, second from right, of the Roman Catholic Church.

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A group of clergymen from the Washington area join hands to sing "We Shall Overcome" at Washington National Airport before flying to Alabama to take part in a scheduled march on March 9 for Negro voting rights. The group flew to Montgomery where they planned to take a bus to Selma for the demonstration. Among them are Rabbi Richard A. Hirsch, left, of Washington; Bishop John Wesley Lord, third from left; Methodist Bishop of Washington; and the Rt. Reverend George L. Gringas, second from right, of the Roman Catholic Church.
A group of clergymen from the Washington area join hands to sing "We Shall Overcome" at Washington National Airport before flying to Alabama to take part in a scheduled march on March 9 for Negro voting rights. The group flew to Montgomery where they planned to take a bus to Selma for the demonstration. Among them are Rabbi Richard A. Hirsch, left, of Washington; Bishop John Wesley Lord, third from left; Methodist Bishop of Washington; and the Rt. Reverend George L. Gringas, second from right, of the Roman Catholic Church.
DateMarch 8, 1965
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsOverall: 5 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (14.9 × 24.1 cm) Image: 5 5/8 × 9 in. (14.3 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.275
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Verso, center: "A group of clergymen from the Washington area join hands to sing / "We Shall Overcome" before boarding a plane Monday. They flew to / Montgomery, Ala., and then took a bus to Selma where they planned to / join the scheduled Negro voting rights march on the state's capital Tues- / day. In the group were Bishop John Wesley Lord (second from left), / Methodist bishop of Washington and Catholic Msgr. George L. Gringas / (second from right). The boy in the center, son of one of the ministers, / did not make the trip. -AP Wirephoto" (newspaper pasted)

Published References Illustrated: Associated Press ID # 6503081421
Inscribed Verso, left: "(Civil Rights Demonst-/ Selma, Ala)" and "(negroes - Integration/ + segregation)" (crossed out)
Verso, bottom left corner: "CVL-AL-301 /HWG"
Verso, center: "Met / (illegible) Bound"
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Weary and Muddy But More to Go: two civil rights marchers rest with muddy feet as they face the fourth lap of their protest march on the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery today. They have nearly half of the distance to cover before reaching the capitol Thursday. They are 14-year-old Cornelius Courtland, left, of Selma, where march started Sunday, and Bruce Hartford, 21, of New Haven.
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Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.279
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Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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