about Confrontation at the Bridge (Selma, Alabama)

Stepping across a bridge leading over a turbulent river, the marching African Americans appear fearful but united as they face the angry creature blocking their path.

Representative of the struggles faced by African Americans as they fought for their civil rights while traversing the Edmund Pettus bridge on Bloody Sunday, this dramatic scene is emblematic of Jacob Lawrence's work for his use of flat shapes and bold colors.