Teenage voting rights demonstrators
Artist
Dan Budnik
(born 1933 Long Island, New York)
Date3/4/1965
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1997 General Obligation Bonds
Object numberPC1999.53.8
DescriptionThis black and white photograph shows a crowd of young demonstrators for voting rights outside of the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma, Alabama. The crowd is made of Black individuals and takes up most of the right side and center of the photograph. The demonstrators are standing, dressed in casual clothing, and are all holding white pieces of paper with writing on them. They are displaying these pieces towards the street. The left side of the photograph shows the front hoods of a line of parked cars. In the background there are blurry edges of buildings and a street further down from the demonstrators.On View
Not on viewTerms
June 13, 1971
