Wilson Baker and Mayor Joe Smitherman in front of a police blockade on Sylvan Street in Selma, Alabama, to prevent civil rights demonstrator from marching to the courthouse.
Baker was Selma's director of public safety. The exact date of the image is unknown, but the event took place between Turnaround Tuesday and the Selma to Montgomery March. Sylvan Street was renamed Martin Luther King Street in 1976.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/98971 |