The Selma to Montgomery March
Artist
James Karales
(American, 1930 - 2002)
CultureAmerican
DateMarch 21-25, 1965
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 13 9/16 × 9 7/8 in. (34.4 × 25.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 23 15/16 × 20 in. (60.8 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 23 15/16 × 20 in. (60.8 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Gift of George M. and Linda H. Kaufman, and in Memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number97.26
Not on view
DescriptionBoy sitting on man's shoulders during the Selma to Montgomery March.Exhibition HistoryThe Chrysler Museum of Art, "Appeal to this Age: Photography of the Civil Rights Movement" December 21, 1996 - March 2, 1997. "Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, from the Museum Collection", THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, NORFOLK, VA, February 6 - May 31, 1998. "Civil Rights Photography," Newseum, Arlington, Virginia, January 8 - April 30, 2001. "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published ReferencesSteven Kasher, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, 1954-68, (New York: Abeville Press Publishers, 1996), 184. Margarett Loke, "James Karales, Photographer of Social Upheaval, Dies at 71," _The New York Times_ (April 5, 2002), C11.
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