Arrest of Martin Luther King Jr. at Police Department, Montgomery, AL, 1958

Jackson Fine Art

State police wait for the marchers, 1965

Etherton Gallery

Three People in Doorway Being Fire Hosed, Birmingham, AL, 1963

Jackson Fine Art

Standing on a porch in the chilly morning air, two voter registration volunteers help a couple with applications. The form then in use asked about criminal convictions and for an interpretation of a section of Mississippi's constitution, 1963-1964

Etherton Gallery

Sept. 30, 1962 — Chief U.S. Marshal James McShane and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights John Doar guard James Meridith from harm, as Federal marshals under direction of President John F. Kennedy, arrive at the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss") to allow Meredith admission, against actions by the University and governor, and with much student protest., 1962

Etherton Gallery

After spending their first night in a small Negro church, the marchers join hands and sing "We Shall Overcome", 1963

Etherton Gallery

Martin Luther King Arrest, Montgomery, Alabama, 1958

Heritage Auctions

Alabama Fire Department Aims High-Pressure Water Hoses at Civil Rights Demonstrators, Birmingham May 1963, Printed 2007

"Glenn Ligon: Encounters and Collisions" at Tate Liverpool

Martin Luther King Jr. Addressing A Meeting Of The Montgomery Improvement Association, Which Was Founded In 1955 To Organize The Bus Boycott. A Year Later, The Bus System Was Integrated, 1958

Steven Kasher Gallery

Birmingham Fire Department with Hoses, 1963

Jackson Fine Art

A white man swings a baseball bat at a shopper, while another strikes a black woman in the background. The attack in 1960 occurred the day after black students were refused service in the whites-only cafeteria at the state capitol, 1960

Etherton Gallery

Birmingham, 1963

Etherton Gallery

U.S. marshals, helmeted and armed, roll into Oxford in army trucks, 1962

Etherton Gallery

Grand Dragon Jones attends a Klan rally. A Confederate flag is embroidered on his sleeve. The cross on the woman's robe represents the crucifixition; the mark in the center, a drop of Christ's blood, 1965

Etherton Gallery

Hard-core marchers huddle by an early morning fire. Some three hundred went the entire distance, camping by the road. Other marchers returned to their homes at night or slept in motels, 1965

Etherton Gallery

Women of the Klan bow their heads in prayer at a rally near Salisbury, North Carolina, 1965

Etherton Gallery

Dogs used by Birmingham, Ala. Cops to quell Negro Race Riots, 1963

Phillips

Martin Luther King Jr.is Arrested for Loitering Outside a Courtroom Where his Friend Ralph Albernathy is Appearing for a Trial. As His Wife Looks on, King is Sprawled Across the Police Desk, 1958

Steven Kasher Gallery

Martin Luther King Jr., Montgomery, Alabama, 1960

Steven Kasher Gallery

Two Police Officers, Unaware Of Their Prisoner’s Identity, Hustle Dr. Martin Luther King Away From The Montgomery Courthouse Where He Had Been Arrested For Loitering, 1958

Steven Kasher Gallery