Title from caption on object: “On Their Way”

March 1965

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph of a large procession of people marching along a road. The image is framed by a military vehicle from which a bystander observes the scene, focusing on the word "MILITARY" visible on the vehicle. The road is lined with people walking in a long line, accompanied by vehicles, including trucks transporting more individuals. On the left side of the photograph, there are other automobiles parked or moving alongside the road. The photograph uses black and white tones to capture the scene, depicting a substantial group movement along a rural roadside with military presence subtly implied by the angle and focus including the military observer and vehicle in the foreground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.3 × 27.7 cm (7 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.5 × 27.7 cm (8 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.465

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Bauby, Chicago; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left printed in black ink on applied paper perpendicular: AP NEWSFEATURES PHOTO / G--8863 PLEASE CREDIT / (For use Sunday, March 16, with Rex / Thomas' Selma, Ala., APN story on the / 10th anniversary of the civil rights march.) / ON THEIR WAY / Civil rights marchers move along US / Highway 80 on their way from Selma to / Montgomery, Ala., in 1965, as an Army / military policeman beside the road watches. / Army regulars and National Guardsmen had / been ordered out by President Johnson to / guard the five-day pilgrimage which was / the beginning of a struggle that ultimately / gave the right to vote to thousands of / disfranchised black people in Alabama and / elsewhere across the South. / jb-3/4/75 fls si1235; upper center printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: Civil rights marchers move along / U.S. 80 on their way from Selma / to Montgomery, Ala. in 1965, as / an Army military policeman / watches beside the road.; upper center stamped in orange ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: OCT 30 1977; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: Marchers move along U.S. 80 on their way from Selma to Montgomery.; center stamped in orange ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: DEC 10 1978; by unknown hand, center right in orange crayon: Library; lower right in graphite perpendicular: ALABAMA: / SELMA; bottom left printed in black ink on applied label inverted: acv 00763

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