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Resurrection City: Untitled

Photograph of Newark police officer

Photograph by: Freedman, Jill, American, born 1939
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin and photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 9 5/8 in. (32.8 × 24.5 cm); H x W (Sheet): 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.5 × 27.7 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1968; printed September 2017

Description: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a Newark, New Jersey police officer standing in a doorway with a second person peeking over his shoulder. The officer wears a peaked cap featuring the seal of the City of Newark with his badge number, a dark shirt, tie, and jacket, and a badge with officer number 1418 and [POLICE] visible on it. The door has a chain to keep it from swinging like those appearing on train car doors, a window with blinds, and a sign that reads [A / PEACEFUL / NEWARK / DEPENDS ON.. / YOU!]. The print is signed on the back in graphite [Jill Freedman].

Topic: African American; Activism; Local and regional; Politics (Practical); Poverty; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2017.81.5

Restrictions & Rights: © Jill Freedman

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Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Badge from the1952 Grand Master Conference of Prince Hall Masons

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Owned by: Wooten, Cleo W., American

Medium: metal, ink on paper, cloth
Dimensions: 5 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 1/4 in. (13 × 5.4 × 0.6 cm)

Type: badges

Place collected: Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1952

Description: A Prince Hall Masons Grand Master Conference badge worn by Cleo W. Wooten. The badge has a narrow rectangular metal nameplate at the top with a stamped geometric design on the border. There is a slip of paper which reads [[Cleo W. Wooten / C.C.F.C. Mass.] in handwritten black ink text. There is a horizontal bar on the back of the name plate through which the ribbon has been inserted and sewn closed. There is also a horizontal pin fastener on the back. The ribbon is purple and hangs from the bottom of the nameplate. It is printed with faded gold lettering that reads [GRAND MASTERS / CONFERENCE / PRINCE HALL / MASONS / OF / AMERICA / MAY 19-22, 1952 / NEWARK, N. J.]. The reverse is blank.

Topic: African American; Communities; Freemasonry

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

Object number: 2013.71.3

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Badge with an image of the Newark, NJ Prince Hall Masonic Temple

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New Jersey, American, founded 1845

Medium: ink on paper, metal, and plastic laminate
Dimensions: 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.4 × 0.5 cm)

Type: badges

Place depicted: 188 Irvine Turner Blvd, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Place collected: Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date: mid 20th cent.

Description: A white circular button with an image of the Prince Hall Masonic Temple in Newark, New Jersey. The front of the badge features a street level black-and-white image of a four-story building at the center. Text printed in black and curving around the upper and lower edge of the button reads [PRINCE HALL MASONIC TEMPLE / NEWARK, N.J.]. There is no fastener on the back of the badge, which has a circular metal insert and blank white paper backing.

Topic: African American; Communities; Freemasonry

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

Object number: 2013.71.6

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

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Medal for the 100th anniversary of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New Jersey

Manufactured by: Whitehead & Hoag Company, American, 1892 - 1965
Subject of: Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New Jersey, American, founded 1845

Medium: ribbon, metal
Dimensions: 2 3/4 × 1 11/16 × 3/16 in. (7 × 4.3 × 0.5 cm)

Type: medallions (medals)

Place depicted: Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Place collected: Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Place made: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1948

Description: A commemorative medal for the 100th anniversary of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New Jersey. The medal is circular and bronze colored with a bar at the top where a purple ribbon has been looped through. The ribbon is also looped through a pinback clasp. The front of the medal is decorated with two concentric circles. The inner circle features raised masonic symbols, including the compass, seeing eye, and columns. The outer circle features raised text reading [PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE F. & A.M. / STATE OF NEW JERSEY]. The back of the medal is smooth with raised lettering reading [100TH / ANNIVERSARY / 1848-1948 / BURLINGTON, N.J. / JUNE 12TH] and a small manufacturer's mark along the bottom face.

Topic: African American; Communities; Freemasonry

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

Object number: 2013.71.9

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Awards and Medals

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Fruit of Islam hat issued to William Arthur Watson Jr.

Subject of: Fruit of Islam, American, founded 1933

Medium: cloth, plastic, thread, and ribbon
Dimensions: 6 1/4 × 8 × 11 in. (15.9 × 20.3 × 27.9 cm)

Type: hats

Place used: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1971

Description: A navy blue conductor's style cap with a black patent leather bill and flat top. On the front of the crown, stitched in off-white lettering, it reads [FOI]; within the "O" is a crescent moon and a five-point star. There are two metal grommets, 1 5/8" apart, on the PL and PR side of the cap. The interior of the cap is lined with a strip of brown leather around the circumference of the crown; the leather strip is tied with a ribbon and stapled at the center back of the cap. The strip has a decorative pattern of 4-hole motifs. The interior of the cap is mostly lined with black plastic except for the top, which is exposed navy blue fabric. A plastic sheet, sewn on three sides, is attached to the interior top of the cap.

Topic: African American; Clothing and dress; Communities; Men; Religious groups

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Angela Shaddad

Object number: 2015.15

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Clothing-Historical

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Pinback button featuring Marshall Major Taylor

Created by: Whitehead & Hoag Company, American, 1892 - 1965
Subject of: Taylor, Marshall Walter, American, 1878 - 1932; Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works, American, 1891 - 1975

Medium: ink on paper, metal and celluloid
Dimensions: Diameter: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place made: Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1899

Description: A circular pinback button featuring an image of a Marshall "Major" Taylor dressed in a blue and red striped shirt. The image is at the center of the button and is surrounded by a red circle atop the white background. Text inside the circle reads: [MAJOR TAYLOR / IVER JOHNSON CYCLES]. The back of the pin has a label for The Whitehead & Hoag Company that has black type that reads: [THE / WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J. / (Logo of Union Label) / PATENTED / JULY 17, 1894 / April 14, 1896 JULY 21, 1896] and a metal fastener.

Topic: African American; Athletes; Business; Cycling

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.

Object number: 2011.159.3.47

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

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Pinback button featuring Willie Simms

Manufactured by: Whitehead & Hoag Company, American, 1892 - 1965
Subject of: Simms, Willie, American, 1870 - 1927

Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
Dimensions: Diameter: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Place made: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1895

Description: A circular pinback button with an image of American jockey Willie Simms. The button has a white background with black type above the image of Simms that reads: [SIMS, (sic) CELEBRATED AMERICAN JOCKEY.]. The center of the pin features the image of Simms wearing a white shirt with a blue stripe and white hat. The back of the pin has a label for The Whitehead & Hoag Company that has black type that reads: [THE / WHITEHEAD &HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J. / PATENTED / JULY 17, 1894. / April 14, 1896.] and a metal fastener.

Topic: African American; Athletes; Sports

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.

Object number: 2011.159.3.66

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

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Mute Evidence of Destruction - Dummies Along Springfield Ave

Photograph of mannequins in the street during the Newark Riots

Photograph by: Unidentified

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm); H x W (Image): 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black-and-white photograph of a smashed department store window along Springfield Avenue in Newark, NJ. Broken mannequin body parts and other debris are scattered on the sidewalk. The image shows an example of the destruction caused during the 1967 Newark riots.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.1

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of soldiers entering a store during the Newark Riots

Photograph by: Abbott, Randy
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm); H x W (Image): 9 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. (24.8 × 20.2 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black-and-white photograph depicting a group of three soliders standing in a store entryway during the Newark riots. The soldiers' backs are to the viewer, and one soldier's gun is raised. A young man dressed in a white shirt and trousers is standing outside the store, and in the foreground a boy is sitting on a tire on the sidewalk, both observing the scene.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Military; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.10

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of a woman and the body of Billy Furr, shot by police in Newark Riots

Photograph by: Lee, Bud, American, 1941 - 2015
Subject of: Furr, Billy, American, 1950 - 1974; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 9 3/4 × 8 in. (24.8 × 20.3 cm); H x W (Image): 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (24.1 × 16 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black-and-white photograph depicting a woman in a white dress and dark-colored shoes crouched next to and reaching for a person lying on the sidewalk. The person on the sidewalk appears to be shot in the back and is bleeding. Behind the woman, legs and feet of three other people are visible.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Military; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.11

Restrictions & Rights: © Bud Lee. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of a man being detained by soldiers during the Newark Riots

Photograph by: The New York Times, American, founded 1851
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm); H x W (Image): 9 9/16 × 6 9/16 in. (24.3 × 16.7 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black and white photograph of a man wearing a pinstriped jacket and dark colored slacks being detained in a street by police. There is a bus passing behind them. The man has his arms partially raised, and the three police officers appear to be forcing him off the street. One of the officers is carrying a rifle.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Military; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.12

Restrictions & Rights: © The New York Times . Permission required for use.

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of soldiers behind a barricade during the Newark Riots

Published by: London Express, British
Photograph by: Unidentified
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet and Image): 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (18.7 × 24.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black and white photograph of six (6) National Guards standing behind a makeshift barricade. Their rifles are raised, and they are taking aim at a point above and behind the photographer. Many of the boxes making up the barricade are labeled as containing linoleum tiles or vinyl flooring.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Military; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.13

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of a man in a police wagon during the Newark Riots

Published by: London Express, British
Photograph by: Unidentified
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet and Image): 6 15/16 × 9 9/16 in. (17.6 × 24.3 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified man in a rumpled three-piece suit with his hands cuffed behind his back, seated alone in the back of a police wagon.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.2

Restrictions & Rights: © London Daily Express/Hutlon Archive/Getty Images . Permission required for use.

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of police and an injured boy, Joe Bass, in the Newark Riots

Photograph by: Lee, Bud, American, 1941 - 2015
Subject of: Bass, Joe, American, born 1955; Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm); H x W (Image): 6 7/16 × 9 7/16 in. (16.4 × 24 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black and white photograph of a street scene at an intersection. There are two police cruisers and police wagon with officers armed with rifles standing in the street. On the sidewalk, an officer is standing in front of a “One Way” traffic sign, holding a rifle, and looking off to the left. On the driver’s side of the police wagon is a child lying in the street, severely injured, in a pool of blood. The child pictured is 12 year old Joe Bass, who had been caught in the crossfire as a police officer shot a man named Billy Furr. Bass was hit twice with stray bullets, once in the neck and once in the thigh. A different photograph of Joe Bass, also taken by LIFE staff photographer, Bud Lee, but from another angle, gained worldwide attention after its publication on the cover of LIFE magazine for the July 28, 1967 issue.

Topic: African American; Children; Civil Rights; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.4

Restrictions & Rights: © Bud Lee. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of a boy walking ahead of soliders during the Newark Riots

Photograph by: Charles, Don Hogan, American, 1938 - 2017
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.6 × 25.6 cm); H x W (Image): 6 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (16.8 × 24.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black-and-white photograph depicting a child in the forefront, with his hands raised, looking over his right shoulder and walking ahead of a group of soldiers. The soliders are armed with rifles with bayonet attachments, and are walking down the sidewalk in front of the store Krafchick & Son Curtains and Linens. A group of women are clustered to the right of the photograph, standing in storefronts and watching the soldiers pass, while to the left of the photograph men and children are standing in the street, also watching the soliders.

Topic: African American; Children; Civil Rights; Military; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.5

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Negro Store

Photograph of a storekeeper and storefront in the Newark Riots

Photograph by: Benson, Harry, Scottish, born 1929
Published by: London Express, British
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet and Image): 6 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (16.5 × 23.7 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black and white photograph of a storefront with a posted sign "This Store is Owned and Operated by Negroes" and the words "Soul Brother" written on the glass. A man in a white shirt and dark slacks is standing to the left of the storefront, looking off to his right. The sign and text were intended to discourage looting during the 1967 Newark riots, by indicating that this store was operated by African Americans.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.6

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Soldiers Wait

Photograph of soldiers sitting in a store entryway during the Newark Riots

Created by: Benson, Harry, Scottish, born 1929
Published by: London Express, British
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet and Image): 7 3/8 × 9 7/16 in. (18.7 × 24 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black-and-white photograph of two armed men in U.S. Army uniforms sitting on the ground in a store entryway. The man on the left is slouched on the ground, and the lower half of a mannequin lies face-down on the ground to his right. The other man has his left hand holding up his rifle and he is looking directly at the photographer. In the window of the store there are four large photographs of women exhibiting different hairstyles. "Soul Sisters" is handwritten on the door behind the soldiers, intending to discourage looting during the 1967 Newark riots by indicating that this store is operated by African Americans.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Military; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.7

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of a solider guarding a looted store in the Newark Riots

Photograph by: Abbott, Randy
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm); H x W (Image): 9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (25.1 × 20 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black-and-white photograph of an armed soldier standing guard with his gun raised in front of a looted store, Belmont Prescription Pharmacy, during the 1967 Newark riots.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Military; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.8

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of a girl walking in front of a looted store after the Newark Riots

Photograph by: Abbott, Randy
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.2 × 20.6 cm); H x W (Image): 9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (24.9 × 20 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black and white photograph of a girl walking alone in front of a store destroyed during the Newark riots. Charred debris is on the sidewalk.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.10.9

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Photograph of police patrolling a neighborhood during the Newark Riots

Photograph by: Lee, Bud, American, 1941 - 2015
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm); H x W (Image): 6 7/16 × 9 1/2 in. (16.4 × 24.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Livingston Street, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 1967

Description: A black-and-white photograph depicting a residential street being patrolled by multiple policemen in dark-colored uniforms with white helmets. There is a car parked in the center of the street with its driver-side door open, and the logo on the driver's side door says "Newark Police." Two policemen stand to the car's right looking across the street with their guns raised. At the far left of the photograph, one policeman appears to be giving attention to a person lying on the ground, while two other policemen stand nearby with guns raised. The street sign indicates that the street is Livingston Street, but the name of the cross street is blurry.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; Urban life

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.11.8

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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