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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
First Desegregated Bus Ride, Montgomery, Alabama, December 1956
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

First Desegregated Bus Ride, Montgomery, Alabama, December 1956

Artist Ernest C. Withers (American, 1922-2007)
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 14 7/8 × 18 in. (37.8 × 45.7 cm)
Overall: 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 1/8 × 26 1/8 in. (56.2 × 66.4 cm)
ClassificationsCivil Rights Movement
Credit LinePurchase in Memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and the Art Purchase Fund
Object number97.21.2
Terms
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Rev. Ralph Abernathy
  • Civil Rights
  • Buses
  • Montgomery, Al
  • People
  • African-American Artist
  • Black
  • White
On View
Not on view
DescriptionDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy on first desegrated bus.

Label TextErnest C. Withers American, 1922–2007 First Desegregated Bus Ride, Montgomery, Alabama, December 1956, 1956 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and the Art Purchase Fund 97.21.2
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