Wilson Baker and Mayor Joe Smitherman in front of a police blockade on Sylvan Street in Selma, Alabama.

Wilson Baker and Mayor Joe Smitherman in front of a police blockade on Sylvan Street in Selma, Alabama.

Baker was Selma's director of public safety. The exact date is unknown, but the image is related to either the Selma demonstrations or the Selma to Montgomery March. Sylvan Street was renamed Martin Luther King Street in 1976.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Langford, Dave
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/40847

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