[Civil Rights Memorial Mural in Selma]

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A photograph of the Civil Rights Memorial Mural in Selma, Alabama. There are five faces painted on it and the names written beneath them are (L-R) "Jonathan Daniels 1939-1965, Viola Gregg Liuzzo 1925-1965, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968, Rev. James Reeb 1927-1965, Jimmie Lee Jackson 1938-1965". Behind the faces several silhouettes and the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing the Alabama River are painted with clouds at sunset above the scene. On the left the words "National Voting Rights Museum" are painted and on the right are the words "Civil Rights Memorial Mural".

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1 photograph : col. ; 4208 x 3120 px.

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University of North Texas. Multicultural Center. March 12, 2013.

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A photograph of the Civil Rights Memorial Mural in Selma, Alabama. There are five faces painted on it and the names written beneath them are (L-R) "Jonathan Daniels 1939-1965, Viola Gregg Liuzzo 1925-1965, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968, Rev. James Reeb 1927-1965, Jimmie Lee Jackson 1938-1965". Behind the faces several silhouettes and the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing the Alabama River are painted with clouds at sunset above the scene. On the left the words "National Voting Rights Museum" are painted and on the right are the words "Civil Rights Memorial Mural".

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1 photograph : col. ; 4208 x 3120 px.

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  • Preferred Citation: Multicultural Center Records (U0735), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • March 12, 2013

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  • April 26, 2021, 9:33 a.m.

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University of North Texas. Multicultural Center. [Civil Rights Memorial Mural in Selma], photograph, March 12, 2013; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1789348/: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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