Object Details
- Created by
- Spider Martin, American, 1939 - 2003
- Subject of
- John Lewis, American, 1940 - 2020
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of the March 7, 1965 assault on Civil Rights marchers by Alabama state police officers termed "Bloody Sunday." The troopers, wearing gas masks and brandishing nightsticks, set upon marchers along US Highway 80.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1965; printed 1995
- Object number
- 2011.14.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1965 Spider Martin
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 7 7/8 x 13 11/16 in. (20 x 34.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Place depicted
- Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.14.5
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b0ecb7a1-4196-410c-91ad-d916bd85a6c7
