A photographer for the Montgomery
Advertiser and Life, Charles
Moore made some of the most searing images of the civil rights movement. In May
1963, when as peaceful protesters marched through the
streets of Birmingham, Moore was appalled by the violence he witnessed—Birmingham
police turning fire hoses and attack dogs on African American men, women, and children. This
photograph, published in Life and
widely circulated around the world, was among the images that awakened the
conscience of Americans and helped lead to passage of the Civil Rights Act of
1964.