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Associated Press Far Enough

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09734.13 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Selma, Alabama Type: Photograph Date: 13 March 1965 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto entitled, "Far Enough" taken by Associated Press dated March 13, 1965. Image is of a police officer holding a demonstrator back with a club as the demonstrator links arms with fellow protestors. Wire transfer information states that police officers attempted to stop the march headed for the courthouse in Selma, Alabama.

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