A 1908 description of an execution states that 1750 volts were used in the electric chair for the first seven seconds and then 250 volts for the remainder of a minute. The caption reads, "The first electric chair at the Ohio State Penitentiary.…
Photograph showing African Americans participating in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, at Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama, as firemen attempt to force them to disperse by directing their fire hoses on them as they congregate in…