Two Teenaged Supporters of the Selma March
- Photographer
- Moneta Sleet Jr., American, 1926–1996
- Date
- 1965, printed c.1970
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- photographed in
- Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 17 1/16 x 11 5/8 in. (43.3 x 29.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Johnson Publishing Company
- Rights
- © Johnson Publishing Co., Inc.
- Object Number
- 422:1991
NOTES
In 1965, thousands of people gathered under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Moneta Sleet Jr. focuses on two young marchers who had painted their faces white and boldly written "vote" on their foreheads. The face paint communicates the march’s goal: voting rights for African Americans. The facial expressions of the men, one of lighthearted joy and another more serious, portray the conflicted moods of the Selma March.
Provenance
c.1970 - 1991
Johnson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
1991 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of the Johnson Publishing Company [1]
Notes:
[1] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 30, 1991.
Johnson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
1991 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of the Johnson Publishing Company [1]
Notes:
[1] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 30, 1991.
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