Category: The Black Star Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: MERRITT III, Vernon
Event Date: 1965-02-01
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.281571

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten in pencil: SELMA ALABAMA; handwritten in pencil: MASSiVE ARRESTS 2//1//65 / King Included; handwritten in pencil: 1965-02; adhered typed label: XCR03MERR0010 01 / [copyright symbol] 1999 Vernon Merritt / Black Star (212)679-3288 / [bar code]; adhered typed label: Selma,, Alabama (February 1,, 1965) / (original option) / Massive arrests,, while the young negroes who were standing by / began to move in waves to the court house.; stamped in black ink: [star symbol] / Credit::; handwritten in blue ink: Vernon Merritt; stamped in black ink: from BLACK STAR; adhered typed label: Meanwhile,, the young Negroes who were standing by began to move in wages / to the court house.; handwritten in pencil: 181-764;

Tagasauris Keywords: 1960s; Automobile; Baton; Building; Civil rights movement; Crime, law and justice; Day; Full-Length Portrait; Group of people; Group of people; Hat; Landscape; Male and Female; Mid adult; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Panoramic; Police officer; Social issues; Street; Unrest, conflicts and war
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS / 1965-1966
Retouching: N