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Publisher
Grand Forks Herald
Identification #
OGLMC 390
Creation Date
3-14-1965
Description
Cartoon depicts a man and his son up against a board which says, "Welcome to Selma, Alabama...Friendly Folks." Plans to march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery to draw attention to African American voter discrimination in Alabama is stopped by Governor George C. Wallace. Further attempts to march were made by Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers.
Subject
Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons
Places Depicted
United States; Alabama; Alabama--Selma
People Depicted
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota
Keywords
Civil Rights, United States, Selma, Alabama, Discrimination, Martin Luther King Jr., Voters Rights, George C. Wallace, Friendliness, Votes (People), Civil rights, Liberty, Billboards, Discrimination, Signs and signboards