Spring floods in Montgomery, Alabama. Chesapeake Bay area during spring flood. Aeriel view of a bridge and the flooded area. A train moves slowly just above the tracks. Aerial view of the houses submerged in water and the flooded area.
The AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church (410 Martin Luther King St, Selma, AL 36703, United States) in Selma, Alabama. Sign reads 'Brown Chapel, AME Church'. African American civil rights leaders outside the church. Prominent leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders getting started on the second Selma-to-Montgomery march for civil rights. Photographers take pictures. Various views from the march, including scenes near Edmund Pettus Bridge.
After discontinuing the second attempted civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, African American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King speaks to the marchers and reporters on steps of Brown Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal Church (410 Martin Luther King St, Selma, AL 36703, United States) in Selma, Alabama. Ralph Abernathy is directly behind King. The marchers were still under a judicial restraining order that they hoped would soon be lifted. King wanted marchers to stay in Selma until the march was approved by the Court.
A large crowd gathers during the 3rd civil rights freedom march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama. People marching on a street in a large number, led by Martin Luther King, Jr and other civil rights leaders including John Lewis. African American political leader Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses the people. Buildings in the area. A sign reads: 'Edmund Pettus Bridge'. People seated on the ground at a camping area for much of the group on the first night. A helicopter in flight overhead.
Alabama is hit by floods in 1936. A steel bridge stands over flood overflowing a river. A steam locomotive and train moving on elevated track over flooded area. Aerial view of houses and trees near Montgomery partially submerged by the flood. Distant view of a stranded motorist being rescued by boat.
Scene in Mobile Alabama during confrontation between African American citizens and members of the KKK, or Ku Klux Klan, not wearing hoods, who were marching in the town of Mobile, Alabama to protest state prison work release programs. Police officers are seen at a street curb in discussion with a group of African American citizen protestors. One African American protestor, off-duty police officer Donald Pinkney, is seen talking to police. Camera turns away from the scene and then swings back apparently capturing the end of an altercation between Pinkney and uniformed police. (Montgomery Advertiser newspaper of 27 September, 1977 reported that the arresting police officers said Pinkney had grabbed a police officer's baton. The newspaper also reported that Pinkney had been struck by a police baton, receiving a three inch head wound that required 12 stitches.) Pinkney is seen being led away from the scene by two uniformed police officers.
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