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Archive: Civil Rights March

By Glen J. Pearcy and Crimson file photo

Montgomery Police 1965 - Montgomery police waited for demonstrators on March 17 and 18, 1965 during the voting rights march from Montgomery to Selma. This photograph appeared in The Crimson later that month. By Glen J. Pearcy

Selma 1965 - The Crimson printed this photograph by Glen J. Pearcy in a March 24, 1965 issue of the paper. By Glen J. Pearcy

Protesters 1965 - The Crimson printed this image on March 24, 1965. By Glen J. Pearcy

Montgomery Sheriffs and Protesters 1965 - In Montgomery, Alabama, sheriffs on horseback trampled voting rights marchers near the state Capitol on March 16, 1965. Crimson photographer Glen J. Pearcy photographed the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in the spring of 1965. By Glen J. Pearcy

Protesters 1965 - Above, James Bevel (left, in skullcap) and James Forman (center) attempted to calm people sitting in a street in Montgomery, AL. Motorcycle policemen listen in background. At left, sheriff’s possemen use horses to interfere in a picket of the Capitol building. By Glen J. Pearcy

In 1965, Crimson Photographer Glen J. Pearcy travelled to Alabama to photograph the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery. This is what he saw:

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