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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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.
Artist/Maker
DateMarch 24, 1965
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm) Image: 9 3/8 × 6 1/4 in. (23.8 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.279
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Recto, right side: "Alabama March"
Recto, right side: "(MRX-2) MONTGOMERY, ALA., MARCH 24- 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, Conn. (APWirephoto) (See/ AP Wire Story) owfa 4 0700 stf 1965"
Verso, center: "[RETURN to: / CHRONICLE FILES / APR 1 1965"
Published References Illustrated: Associated Press ID# 6503240233
Inscribed Verso, top left corner: "CVL-AL-303"
Verso, center (blue pen): "March on Montgomery ("Selma" crossed out), AL"
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.
Unknown artist
Date: March 22, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.277
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
Unknown artist
Date: March 23, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.278
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
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
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.
Unknown artist
Date: September 4, 1966
Medium: Gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2022.15.261
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.
Unknown artist
Date: June 12, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.286
Scores of pickets marched through the Loop in silent procession Friday in protest over the fatal beating of the Reverend James Reeb in Selma, Alabama. They were led by six men bearing a gray mock coffin, which was labeled with a sign: "God-- go South." Demonstrators carried other cardboard signs. By the time the demonstrators reached the Federal Building, the procession had grown to nearly 90 people, about half Negro and half white.
Scores of pickets marched through the Loop in silent procession Friday in protest over the fatal beating of the Reverend James Reeb in Selma, Alabama. They were led by six men bearing a gray mock coffin, which was labeled with a sign: "God-- go South." Demonstrators carried other cardboard signs. By the time the demonstrators reached the Federal Building, the procession had grown to nearly 90 people, about half Negro and half white.
Unknown artist
Date: March 12, 1965
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.265
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.
Unknown artist
Date: March 23, 1965
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.280
Abstraction of muddy object, Japan
Abstraction of muddy object, Japan
Nathan Lerner
Date: c. 1970s
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.156
United States Marine Corp boot camp: "The Motivation Platoon". Recruits crawling through muddy swamp water as part of infiltration course
United States Marine Corp boot camp: "The Motivation Platoon". Recruits crawling through muddy swamp water as part of infiltration course
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.264
The Capitol at Washington
The Capitol at Washington
Unknown artist
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Object number: 1959.18
(69) United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
(69) United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.7