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  • Flier advertising an Anti-Facism Rally

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Bird, Joan, American, born 1949
    Hilliard, David, American, born 1942
    Jimenez, Jose Cha Cha, born 1948
    Hewitt, Raymond Masai, American, 1942 - 1988
    Rudd, Mark, American, born 1947
    Thomas, Hannibal, American, born 1947
    Turco, Arthur F. Jr., American, born 1943
    Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
    Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
    Date
    1968
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
    Description
    A flier advertising an anti-fascism rally. The flier is white with black typewritten text and features a black-and-white picture of Joan Bird after she was beaten by police. The flier reads [CAPITALISM + RACISM = FASCISM / COME AND HEAR / David Hilliard / Chief of Staff BPP / Ray Maasai Hewitt / Central Committee BPP / Cha Cha Jimenez / Chairman of Young Lords / Mark Rudd SDS / Hannibal Thomas Harlem 5 / Arthur Turco Attorney / Citywide Welfare Rights Groups / FREE THE PANTHERS / FREE FOOD / BAR-B-Q / POTATO SALAD / PUNCH / ENTERTAINMENT / POETRY--MUSIC--DANCERS / SUNDAY JUNE 15th 1:00PM / MOUNT MORRIS PARK, 5th AVE and 124nd ST. / FREE!!! NO CHARGE!!! FREE!!!]. The caption under the photograph reads [JOAN BIRD, BRUTALIZED AND ORTURED BY THE PIGS / AT THE TIME OF HER ARREST / Fascism will breed nothing but more fascism / unless the people are organized in one united / front. / The people and the people alone are the / motive force in the making of world history.] The back of the flier is blank except for the stamp that reads [JUN 1968].
    Place used
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Cultural Place
    Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Young Lords Movement
    Type
    fliers (printed matter)
    Topic
    Activism
    Black power
    Dance
    Foodways
    Justice
    Music
    Poetry
    Race discrimination
    Urban life
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2015.97.27.211
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e36cce7e-4eb4-4e72-918b-8489056886f6
  • Photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Photograph by
    Louw, Joseph, South African, 1945 - 2004
    Subject of
    Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
    Young, Andrew Jackson, American, born 1932
    Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
    McCollough, Marrell, American, born 1944
    Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Date
    April 4, 1968
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 9 × 12 1/2 in. (22.7 × 31.6 cm)
    H x W x D (Frame): 18 11/16 × 22 1/16 × 1 in. (47.5 × 56 × 2.5 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. taken on April 4, 1968 at the Lorraine Motel, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. The walkway outside of room 306, where King was staying, is shown on the right side of the image. Three people are standing and pointing across the street in the direction of the gunshot. Andrew Young is on the left with Jesse Jackson mostly obscured behind him. An unidentified woman is standing to the right in front of Ralph Abernathy, who is partially visible. In front of Young, Martin Luther King Jr. is lying on the ground. Marrell McCollough is kneeling next to King with one hand on the railing. There are people standing in the parking lot below including Memphis police officers. Two cars can be seen parked below the balcony. The reverse of the image is covered in numerous inscriptions from press agencies, in French and English, stamps, and lines.
    Place depicted
    Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Hate crimes
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gifted by Jeffrey Coopersmith
    Object number
    2017.73
    Restrictions & Rights
    © The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ed06545b-8134-4793-a64e-36e7ba51bc97
  • 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
    Date
    July 1967
    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)
    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.
    Place depicted
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Military
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b56707fb-733d-455f-8595-a14797fc7d25
  • 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
    Date
    July 1967
    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)
    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.
    Place depicted
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Children
    Civil rights
    Military
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. 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
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times/ Redux. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd573c1ed00-e589-4a07-9705-6e9aacdc2074
  • Photograph of soldiers entering a store during the Newark Riots

    Photograph by
    Abbott, Randy
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Date
    July 1967
    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)
    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.
    Place depicted
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Military
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ef9ced75-2e35-49f1-9a29-340586a7e9ac
  • Soldiers Wait

    Created by
    Benson, Harry, Scottish, born 1929
    Published by
    London Express, British
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Date
    July 1967
    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)
    Title
    Photograph of soldiers sitting in a store entryway during the Newark Riots
    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.
    Place depicted
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Military
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. 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
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Harry Benson/Getty Images . Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b64c845e-24fc-4cc9-a261-28f78456ab4c
  • CC0 Creative Commons - No Rights Reserved icon

    Pickrick Drumstick signed by Lester Maddox

    Created by
    Maddox, Lester, American, 1915 - 2003
    Date
    ca. 1964
    Medium
    wood
    Dimensions
    36 x 2 x 3 in. (91.4 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm)
    Description
    A Pickrick Drumstick signed by Lester Maddox. The wooden stick has printed type in blue ink that reads: [LESTER MADDOX'S / PICKRICK DRUMSTICK]. A note written to Media Access Project by hand in black ink is featured on one side of the object.
    Place used
    Pickrick Cafeteria, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Agricultural
    Tools and Equipment-Weapons and ammunition
    Type
    handles
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Race discrimination
    Segregation
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert B. Rackleff
    Object number
    2011.22
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50a887eb8-2708-430f-aab8-601409fe5e1b
  • 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
    Date
    July 1967
    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)
    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.
    Place depicted
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b699acd5-771f-4069-bae2-dc712668cd55
  • 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
    Date
    July 1967
    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)
    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.
    Place depicted
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Children
    Civil rights
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57f260b70-fd56-4df8-9e19-d93465395027
  • Digital print of police arresting a man during a Chicago Freedom Movement march

    Created by
    Kleina, Bernard, American
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Date
    August 5, 1966; printed 2012
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 8 11/16 x 5 7/16 in. (22.1 x 13.8 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
    Description
    A color photograph of Chicago police arresting a bloody man wearing a white shirt and green pants. His hands are behind his back and blood is running down the right side of his face. One of the men arresting him is in plainclothes, one is in police uniform. Other officers and people in the crowd look on.
    Place depicted
    Marquette Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Chicago Freedom Movement
    Type
    inkjet prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina and Susan Keleher Kleina
    Object number
    2013.140.18
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Bernard J. Kleina
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5765c66a3-6b5a-4cfe-b00f-aa806ab7d2dc
  • Mute Evidence of Destruction - Dummies Along Springfield Ave

    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Date
    July 1967
    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)
    Title
    Photograph of mannequins in the street during the Newark Riots
    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.
    Place depicted
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51c960cca-d152-487e-bfc0-3a950acbcd16
  • Photograph of soldiers behind a barricade during the Newark Riots

    Published by
    London Express, British
    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Date
    July 1967
    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)
    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.
    Place depicted
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Military
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5114665c3-a354-49cd-a351-ac28eaf10098
  • Photograph of a solider guarding a looted store in the Newark Riots

    Photograph by
    Abbott, Randy
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Date
    July 1967
    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)
    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.
    Place depicted
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Military
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fd4aa09c-c82d-42d8-9d51-76c0f2a5d768
  • 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
    Date
    July 1967
    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)
    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.
    Place depicted
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Civil rights
    Military
    Photography
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f0f5ef0a-2a0c-4819-8bc8-7289d5305657
  • Trapped

    Created by
    Hollingsworth, Alvin Carl, American, 1928 - 2000
    Subject of
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Date
    1965
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
    Exhibition
    Visual Art and the American Experience
    Medium
    oil paint with acrylic and mixed media on Masonite (TM)
    Dimensions
    H x W (Frame): 25 9/16 × 49 5/16 × 2 13/16 in. (65 × 125.2 × 7.1 cm)
    H x W (Unframed): 24 × 47 13/16 in. (61 × 121.5 cm)
    Description
    This oil painting and collage shows a lone, shadowy figure against an urban background. Swathed in a shapeless garment, the figure stands alone before a dark background in which the silhouettes of high rise buildings can be seen. There is a yellow globe in the sky to the figure's left. The figure stands behind a high fence. Positioned in front of the fence are vertical bars of wood, painted red. They part slightly to allow the viewer to see the figure. The dark urban landscape can be seen through the bars. On the bars are fragments of white letters.
    Portfolio/Series
    Cry City
    Classification
    Visual Arts
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    collages
    paintings
    portraits
    Topic
    Art
    Civil rights
    Housing
    Race discrimination
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Collins
    Object number
    2011.157
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Alvin Carl Hollingsworth 1965. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd559b5f473-d206-4300-b475-ad341c667da4
  • CC0 Creative Commons - No Rights Reserved icon

    Flier for the Madison County Movement

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Date
    1966
    On View
    Concourse 1, C1 053
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    L x W: 7 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (18.1 x 21.6 cm)
    Description
    An off white flier with black type and photocopied handwritten text. The flier is a call to the citizens of Madison County. The flier askes, "What can you do about the tear-gas raid?" and "(1) Black Out for Black Power / (2) Work Stop for Black Power / (3) Register to Vote for Black Power." Typed in the bottom half of the flier is “OUR TAX DOLLARS HELPED TO BUY THAT TEAR-GAS. / DON’T BUY ANYTHING DOWNTOWN. / IF YOU WORK FOR THE WHITE MAN, DON’T GO TO WORK FRIDAY. / HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS. / WE’VE GONE TOO FAR TO TURN BACK NOW!!! / MADISON COUNTY MOVEMENT.”
    Place used
    Madison County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Madison County Movement
    Type
    fliers (printed matter)
    Topic
    Activism
    Business
    Civil rights
    Communities
    Labor
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Segregation
    Suffrage
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
    Object number
    2011.109.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59161b7e6-e300-49bf-9511-54b9eb556f24
  • Pickrick Drumstick signed by Lester Maddox

    Created by
    Maddox, Lester, American, 1915 - 2003
    Date
    ca. 1975
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    wood
    Dimensions
    36 x 2 x 3 in. (91.4 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm)
    Caption
    Lester Maddox (1915-2003) was a restaurant owner in Atlanta with an interest in politics, having first run for mayor in 1957. His restaurant, the Pickrick Cafeteria, featured a dozen axe handles ("Pickrick Drumsticks," he called them) displayed by the front door. After passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawing segregation in public accommodations, Maddox continued to refuse to serve African Americans, running an initial group of protestors off with a pistol while his son and some customers and employees brandished the axe handles. The image became a favorite of segregationists and Maddox took to selling axe handles and other "state’s rights" souvenirs, a practice he continued from 1964 to at least the late 1980s.
    Maddox sold his restaurant in 1965 and entered Georgia politics full time, serving as governor (1967-1971) and then lieutenant governor (1971-75).
    Description
    A Pickrick Drumstick signed by Lester Maddox. The wooden axe handle has printed type in blue ink that reads: [LESTER MADDOX'S / PICKRICK DRUMSTICK]. Next to the printing is the signature [Lester Maddox] in black ink.
    Lester Maddox's Pickrick Drumstick from his 1966 political campaign for Governor of Georgia. Signed "Good luck to Ray/Lester Maddox 1-25-75". Maddox would use ax handles like this one to threaten and assault Civil Rights activists attempting to integrate his restaurant.
    Place used
    Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Agricultural
    Tools and Equipment-Weapons and ammunition
    Type
    handles
    Topic
    American South
    Civil rights
    Politics
    Race discrimination
    Segregation
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michael Donnelly
    Object number
    2011.123
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a1590f88-222a-4312-baed-7540e367251b
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