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Alabama Fire Department Aims High-Pressure Water Hoses at Civil Rights Demonstrators
- Created by
- Moore, Charles, American, 1931 - 2010
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- May 1963; printed 2007
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 12 13/16 x 19 3/16 in. (32.5 x 48.7 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of two African American men and an African American woman being sprayed with high-pressure fire hoses. They are leaning against the glass windows of a brick building. The man on the far right is being hit directly in the lower back with the stream of water from the hose. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.49.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Charles Moore
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Ten shards of stained glass
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- 16th Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1873
- Date
- September 1963
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- stained glass
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (9.2 x 3.2 cm)
- Caption
- Just two weeks after the march, on September 15, 1963, white supremacists planted a bomb under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The explosion killed four young girls attending Sunday school. This terrorist act was a brutal reminder that the success of the march and the changes it represented would not go unchallenged. In the face of such violence, the determination to continue organizing intensified. These glass shards are from the church's stained-glass window.
- Description
- A collection of glass shards collected from the gutter outside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, at the funeral of the four girls killed in the bombing.
- Place collected
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Religious and Sacred Objects
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- sherds
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
- Object number
- 2010.71.1.1-.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Shotgun shell found outside the16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- 16th Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1873
- Date
- September 1963
- Medium
- metal, brass (alloy)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 11/16 × 1 × 7/8 in. (6.8 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm)
- Caption
- Just two weeks after the march, on September 15, 1963, white supremacists planted a bomb under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The explosion killed four young girls attending Sunday school. This terrorist act was a brutal reminder that the success of the march and the changes it represented would not go unchallenged. In the face of such violence, the determination to continue organizing intensified. These glass shards are from the church's stained-glass window.
- Description
- A shotgun shell collected from the gutter outside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, at the funeral of the four girls killed in the bombing. The shell has a blue/green-colored body with brass tip.
- Place collected
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Weapons and ammunition
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- shells (ammunition)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
- Object number
- 2010.71.1.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Birmingham Protests
- Created by
- Moore, Charles, American, 1931 - 2010
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1963; printed later
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 3/4 x 13 1/8 in. (22.2 x 33.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of African American men and women running while soaking wet after being sprayed by high-pressure fire hoses. There is an African American man (also soaked) centered in the foreground of the picture standing and looking to his left. There is a stream of water coming from a hose in the background. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Photography
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.49.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Charles Moore
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Policemen Use Police Dogs During Civil Rights Demonstrations, Birmingham Protests
- Created by
- Moore, Charles, American, 1931 - 2010
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1963; printed later
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (23.1 x 33.3 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of an African American man having his left pant leg torn off by a police dog. There are several white police officers with additional dogs and several other African American demonstrators standing in a crowd. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Photography
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.49.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Charles Moore
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Police Dogs Attack Demonstrators, Birmingham Protests
- Created by
- Moore, Charles, American, 1931 - 2010
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1963; printed later
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 3/4 x 13 3/16 in. (22.3 x 33.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of African American men and women in the streets running away from police and dogs. There is a woman in the foreground wearing a flowered skirt and a white top and she is looking on as a white police officer raises his baton in his right hand in the direction of a young man. The police officer is holding the leash of a dog with his left hand. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Photography
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.49.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Charles Moore