Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.

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Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
DateMarch 22, 1965
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 5/8 × 9 1/8 in. (16.8 × 23.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.277
Not on view
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Verso, center (stamped): "[Return to:/Chronicle Files/ April 1 1965]"
Recto, left: "SEX-8) SELMA, ALA., MARCH 22- DR. KING LEADS OFF SECOND LAP - Dr. Martin / Luther King, extreme right, militant civil rights leader, strides out of / camp near Selma, Ala., as his protest march started its second lap. A soldier / ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, / stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State / Capitol at Montgomery. (APWirephoto)(wfa 2 1015 stf) 1965]"
Inscribed Recto, upper center: "Alabama March"
Verso, lower left: "CVL-LDR-790 / WFA" and "2500"
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