Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are escorted back to jail in Albany

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Photograph by John Bentham.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are escorted back to jail in Albany
Photograph by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 11/16 × 12 13/16 in. (22 × 32.6 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2016.17.32
Not on view
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Provenance 2016: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Verso (stamp, red ink with pencil): "Printer / k / BLEAK BEAUTY / [star] / Picture Date 62 [in pencil] Print Date 10 [in pencil]"
Signature Verso, lower right (pencil): "D Lyon"
Inscribed Verso, upper right (pencil): "DLC 10"
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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.
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Photo by Dave Revette.
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