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Spider Martin was born on 1 April, 1939 in Fairfield, Alabama, U.S., is an American journalist. Discover Spider Martin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Occupation Photographer
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 1 April, 1939
Birthday 1 April
Birthplace Fairfield, Alabama, U.S.
Date of death 8 April, 2003
Died Place Blount Springs, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1939

James "Spider" Martin (April 1, 1939 – April 8, 2003) was an American photographer known for his work documenting the American Civil Rights Movement in 1965, specifically Bloody Sunday and other incidents from the Selma to Montgomery marches.

Martin was born in Fairfield, Alabama.

He was slightly built at 5 ft tall and 125 lb, and though he would climb trees and church towers to get a different angle for his photographs, his nickname "Spider" dates back to his school days at Hueytown High, where a reporter described him as moving "like a spider" during one of his touchdown runs on the football field.

1965

Whilst working as a photographer for The Birmingham News he was assigned to cover the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson in February 1965; one month later, he created a notable photograph of the civil rights era, entitled Two Minute Warning, during the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement.

His photograph showed Alabama state troopers about to attack the first peaceful Selma to Montgomery march with batons and tear gas just after it had crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma into Dallas County on 7 March 1965.

Hosea Williams and John Lewis were leading the planned 54 mile march to the Alabama State Capitol in protest at unfair treatment of African Americans and discriminatory voting rights practices.

The incident, known as Bloody Sunday, the media coverage of it and the national outcry that ensued, were influential in the course of civil rights in the U.S. Speaking 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."

Martin would join the third march, covering it from start to finish, at the Alabama State Capitol building.

During the march, Martin took a photograph of an exhausted minister from Maine on the verge of quitting the march.

Martin told him "I weigh 125 pounds, my camera bag is 50 pounds, and I [am] walking backwards and shooting pictures" and helped the minister back to his feet.

He was represented for several years by Black Star, from 1965.

1968

After the Selma to Montgomery marches, Martin covered the trial of the murderer of Viola Liuzzo and George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign, reportedly telling the candidate "I won't vote for you, but I'll take your money."

His photographs were published in Life, Saturday Evening Post, Time, Der Spiegel, Stern, Paris Match, Birmingham Weekly and The Birmingham News

2003

He died by suicide on April 8, 2003 in Blount Springs, Alabama.

Martin's photographs are held in the following permanent collections:

2015

The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin acquired Martin's archive of negatives, correspondence, memos, clippings, and other material in 2015 for $250,000.