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Charles Moore
American, born 1931

Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Arrested Montgomery, Alabama, 1958"
Gelatin silver print

Purchase with funds from the Massey Charitable Trust
and Lucinda W. Brunnen for the Bunnen Collection, 1994.63

While trying to enter a Montgomery courtroom
for a case involving Ralph David Abernathy, Martin
Luther King, Jr., was arrested for loitering. Charles
Moore's photograph, which was distributed nationwide,
aroused outrage and support. King was convicted and
chose to serve his sentence, but his protest was
terminated when his fine was paid secretly by the
Montgomery Police Commissioner.