Frederick D. Reese

Creator

Preview

Identifier

35160004356532

Creation Date

3-1-1975

Subject—Topics

Civil Rights Movement

Description

Selma, Ala.: Frederick D. Reese (recent photo), one of the leaders in the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge here 3/7/65, a day many black and white people still refer to as 'Bloody Sunday,' says there would not have been a voting rights bill signed in August, 1965, if authorities had not accosted the marchers. Today, Reese, 45, is one of five blacks elected in 1972 to an 11-member City Council here.

Format

BW Photograph, 11" x 8.5"

Source

United Press International