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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