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Ledger Enquirer [Brigadier General Henry V. Graham supervises the voting rights march to Selma]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09734.21 Author/Creator: Ledger Enquirer Place Written: Selma, Alabama Type: Photograph Date: 25 March 1965 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.7 x 21.2 cm Order a Copy

One photograph taken by the Ledger Enquirer dated March 25, 1965. Image is of Brigadier General Henry V. Graham walking towards demonstrators gathered in the plaza of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

Graham provided civil rights demonstrators with protection on their third attempt to walk during the Selma to Montgomery marches.

Graham, Henry V., 1916-1999

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