Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks center left and center right in orange crayon; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in red ink circled: negroes - [crossed out] segreg. - Dem - Alabama / BLACKS - - Selma; upper center Associated Press copyright stamp in red ink inverted; along right edge printed in black ink on applied newspaper: New York Times Service / SELMA, Ala. —The Rev. / Martin Luther King Jr. / emerged from jail here Fri- / day and announced he would / fly to Washington Monday to / ask President Johnson and / congress for new legislation / to guarantee the voting rights / of Negroes. / At the same time, he an- / nounced an acceleration of / the Alabama Negro voter reg- / istration drive that he and / other Negro leaders began in / this city almost three weeks / ago. / HE SAID the campaign / was ready to spread to other / "black belt" counties and to / Alabama cities. He said he / would return from Washing- / ton to speak at a mass meet- / ing Monday night at Mont- / gomery, kicking off a voter / registration drive there. / More than 500 Negroes / were arrested here yesterday / as they marched on the Dal- / las County Courthouse to / urge the county board of reg- / istrars to open its doors and / start processing applicants.; lower left stamp in blue ink perpendicular: ENGRAVING OFFICE / 1965 FEB 5 PM 8:09; lower right stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper: 4 FEB 6 1965 T; bottom center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: Associated Press / NEGROES SANG AT SELMA, ALA., AS THEY WERE LINED UP TO BE MARCHED TO JAIL / More than 400 of them were arrested during a voter registration protest demonstration