Joan Baez in Front of National Guard, Alabama State Capitol, 1965

This portrait of Joan Baez standing on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in 1965 originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine as a two-page spread. It was the first image Somerstein sold as a photojournalist.

Baez had joined Martin Luther King, Jr. on the march from Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama, singing for the crowd as they camped the night before arriving at the 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.