Category:US National Archives series: Aerial Photographs Relating to the Selma-to-Montgomery Civil Rights March, März 24, 1965 - März 25, 1965

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This series consists of oblique aerial photographs taken in Montgomery, Alabama during the third Selma-to-Montgomery Civil Rights March. The images document the last stage of the march from the St. Jude campus to the Alabama State Capitol Building. The first section of this series illustrates the marchers' campsite at St. Jude and the march route to the Capitol building and the second section shows the march on March 25, 1965, along with the positions of civilian police, military police and the news media. The photographs were taken by the 11th Air Assault Division from a Mohawk fixed-wing aircraft equipped with aerial cameras. The prints were prepared by the 11th Air Assault Division's Imagery Interpretation Section within the 11th Military Intelligence Detachment at Fort Benning, Georgia.