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National Guard Protecting Marchers, Alabama Freedom March, 1965
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National Guard Protecting Marchers, Alabama Freedom March, 1965

Photograph
By Stephen Somerstein
About the image
Civil rights workers march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama while protected by 2,000 soldiers of the U.S. Army, 1,900 members of the Alabama National Guard under Federal command, and many FBI agents and Federal Marshals.

The march lasted five days and four nights, culminating in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "How Long, Not Long" speech on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol. 

Release Notes:
This image was featured for the first time for collectors at our landmark exhibition: Rosa Sat, Martin Walked, & Barack Ran: From a Seat on a Bus to a Desk at The White House, in February, 2010.

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National Guard Protecting Marchers, Alabama Freedom March, 1965
National Guard Protecting Marchers, Alabama Freedom March, 1965