Joan Baez Sings, Alabama State Capitol, 1965
By Stephen Somerstein
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Joan Baez is joined in song by fellow civil rights activists and singers Harry Belafonte, Leon Bibb, and Oscar Brand, among others, at the conclusion of the Selma-to-Montgomery march in the spring of 1965. They sang to the 25,000 Selma to Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers in front of the Alabama State Capitol building, March 25, 1965.
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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Joan Baez Sings, Alabama State Capitol, 1965