“Bloody Sunday,” was an all too recent cloudy blot on our memories, but on this Sunday, March 21, 1965 two weeks later, it was bright and sunny, the beginning of something that promised better days ahead. Dr. Martin Luther King flanked by Reverend Ralph Abernathy and Pulitzer-Prize winning political scientist and diplomat Ralph Bunche commence the 54 mile march from Pettus Bridge in Selma to the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Most of the participants were black, but some were white and some were Asian and Latino. Spiritual leaders of multiple races, religions, and creeds marched abreast with Dr. King, including Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Iakovos, Rabbis Abraham Joshua Herschel and Maurice Davis, and at least one nun.
Ben Martin, photographed by his colleague, Blackstar photographer Charlie Moore, covering the marchers in the drizzle.
Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife, Coretta Scott King, wearing a bonnet and sunglasses, walk hand in hand leading demonstrators on the fourth day of their march from Selma to Montgomery.
Coretta Scott King kisses her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr., following his speech in Montgomery, Alabama at the culmination of the Selma to Montgomery March, March 25th 1965.
