Freedom Riders, Montgomery, Alabama

Freedom Riders, Montgomery, Alabama

Photograph

Bruce Davidson

Maker
American, b. 1933

Freedom Riders, Montgomery, Alabama

Symbol of Segregation Struggle


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 7/16 × 9 1/2 in. (16.4 × 24.1 cm)
Paper: 8 1/16 × 10 1/8 in. (20.4 × 25.7 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0501
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, C: 6-61 16) SYMBOL OF SEGREGATION STRUGGLE: On a "freedom ride" between \ Montgomery and Jackson, this young Negro student and the National Guards- \ man protecting her are both caught napping as the bus rolls along Highway \ 80. \ Credit: BRUCE DAVIDSON © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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