Time of Change, Selma, Alabama
- Title:
- Time of Change, Selma, Alabama
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Inequality and legacies of discrimination
- Creator:
- Davidson, Bruce
- Creation Date:
- 1965 (negative)
2016 (print)
- ID Number:
- 2016
- File Name:
- 2016.058.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965)
African Americans
Civil rights
Alabama
Civil rights demonstrations
Suffrage - Measurement:
- 27.9 × 35.6 (Image/sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- A young Black man, face painted white, with "vote" written across his forehead, marches with other young men. Behind him, one carries a large American flag and looks directly at the camera. The man in the center wears overalls and a polo shirt with vertical stripes, he seems to be mid-word, gazing to his right. On the right of the protesters the soft shoulder of the road is visible.
- Cite As:
- Bruce Davidson (American, born 1933), Time of Change, Selma, Alabama, 2016. Gelatin silver print, Image/sheet: 27.9 × 35.6 cm. Acquired through the Class of 1962 Fund for Photography, 2016.058
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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