#18 Rest break on the final leg to Montgomery
Artist
Dan Budnik
(born 1933 Long Island, New York)
DateMarch 24, 1965
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1997 GO Bonds
Object numberPC1999.53.18
DescriptionTwo men standing in field surrounded by other marchers and in the distance the back of a billboard along the road. The figure to the left, Bobby Simmons, a member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee holds a United States Flag on a white pole. Across his forehead he wrote the word "VOTE" in white sunscreen. At the time, Simmons was not yet of voting age, but proudly expressed one of the major goals of the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, March 21-25, 1965.On View
Not on viewTerms
ca. 1915
