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Civil Rights Protests and the White House - Photo 4

Civil Rights Protests and the White House - Photo 4

This photograph taken on March 12, 1965 by Warren K. Leffler, depicts demonstrators in Lafayette Park. After the events of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama on March 7, demonstrators began to gather daily in front of the White House demanding justice and an end to police brutality.

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Library of Congress