An Army Travels on its Stomach: A soldier, on duty to guard civil rights marchers on their voting protest trek from Selma, Alabama to the state Capital at Montgomery, watches marchers go by as he eats a meal brought to him on the spot. The marchers passing the halfway mark on their 54 mile hike plan to reach Montgomery on Thursday

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An Army Travels on its Stomach: A soldier, on duty to guard civil rights marchers on their voting protest trek from Selma, Alabama to the state Capital at Montgomery, watches marchers go by as he eats a meal brought to him on the spot. The marchers passing the halfway mark on their 54 mile hike plan to reach Montgomery on Thursday
An Army Travels on its Stomach: A soldier, on duty to guard civil rights marchers on their voting protest trek from Selma, Alabama to the state Capital at Montgomery, watches marchers go by as he eats a meal brought to him on the spot. The marchers passing the halfway mark on their 54 mile hike plan to reach Montgomery on Thursday
DateMarch 23, 1965
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (17.5 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.278
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Recto, top: "MRX-1) MONTGOMERY, ALA,. MARCH 23- AN ARMY TRAVELS ON ITS STOMACH - A soldier, on duty to guard / civil rights marchers on their voting protest trek from Selma, Ala., to the state capitol at / Montgomery, watches marchers go by as he eats a meal brought to him on the spot. The marchers, / passing the halfway mark on their 54 mile hike today, plan to reach Montgomery Thursday. / (AP Wirephoto) (See AP Wire Story) (wfa 3 1715 stf) 1965" (typewritten)
Verso, center: "MAR 25 1965"

Published References Illustrated: Associated Press ID # 6503230317
Inscribed Verso, bottom left corner: "CVL-AL-029 2000"
Verso, bottom right: "Race Seg / Selma March"
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.
Date: March 22, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.277
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.
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.
Date: March 24, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.279
Chicago police take charge of a heckler as civil rights marchers leave Cicero and re-enter Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago police take charge of a heckler as civil rights marchers leave Cicero and re-enter Chicago, Illinois.
Date: September 4, 1966
Medium: Gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2022.15.261
Protest School Superintendent with Sit-down: Marchers representing various civil rights groups stage a sit-down in La Salle Street in front of City Hall today to protest retention of Benjamin C. Willis as Chicago school superintendent. An earlier scheduled boycott of classes was prohibited by court order
Protest School Superintendent with Sit-down: Marchers representing various civil rights groups stage a sit-down in La Salle Street in front of City Hall today to protest retention of Benjamin C. Willis as Chicago school superintendent. An earlier scheduled boycott of classes was prohibited by court order
Date: June 10, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.285
Some 200 civil rights marchers protesting retention of School Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis were carted off to jail in police vans and squadrols Friday.
Some 200 civil rights marchers protesting retention of School Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis were carted off to jail in police vans and squadrols Friday.
Date: June 12, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.286
Anti-war demonstrator is picked up by police for removal to jail here early today when 20 of the demonstrators were arrested as they tried to invade an induction center. A group of some 50 to 75 marchers had been parading in front of the center when some of them broke ranks and headed for the doors
Anti-war demonstrator is picked up by police for removal to jail here early today when 20 of the demonstrators were arrested as they tried to invade an induction center. A group of some 50 to 75 marchers had been parading in front of the center when some of them broke ranks and headed for the doors
Date: October 19, 1967
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto with added pigment
Object number: 2022.15.259
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.
Date: March 8, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.275
Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery, Alabama, from the portfolio "Passing Torches: The Diverse Sources of Documentary"
Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery, Alabama, from the portfolio "Passing Torches: The Diverse Sources of Documentary"
Dan Weiner
Date: 1956, published 1998
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2001.6
A crowd watches the demonstrators returning to the city hall steps, Danville, Virginia
A crowd watches the demonstrators returning to the city hall steps, Danville, Virginia
Danny Lyon
Date: 1963; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.75
Construction worker swings hammer from beam as another worker watches
Construction worker swings hammer from beam as another worker watches
Jacques Lowe
Date: c. 1955
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.66
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
Date: April 5, 1969
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.271
Selma to Montgomery March: right-to-vote camp site. No guardsmen are in evidence. But they are all around - watching.
Selma to Montgomery March: right-to-vote camp site. No guardsmen are in evidence. But they are all around - watching.
Date: March 23, 1965
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.280