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Martin was born in Fairfield, Alabama .1 His best known photographs document the civil rights era, that included the March 1965 beating of marchers in the Selma To Montgomery March . Known as “Bloody Sunday”, the event greatly influenced the course of civil rights in the U.S. About the effect of photography on the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Spider, we could have marched, we could have protested forever, but if it weren't for guys like you, it would have been for nothing. The whole world saw your pictures. That's why the Voting Rights Act was passed." 2 Martin believed because of his small stature, just over five feet tall, that he was able to canvas through a crowd to get some of his best close-ups. Martin’s photographs are on display in the Smithsonian and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute . He was also published in '' Life '' and '' Saturday Evening Post .'' A selection of his work was exhibited in the Cannon Rotunda in Washington, D.C. in honor of all who sacrificed in the Voting Rights March from Selma to Montgomery. 3 Martin also exhibited in Agnes . He died in 2003 in Blount Springs, Alabama . SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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