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SCLC pallbearers stand over casket of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at Morehouse College on April 12, 1968, Atlanta, GA
- Photograph by
- Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
- Subject of
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Date
- April 12, 1968
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (50.2 x 40.3 cm)
- Description
- In the foreground of this black-and-white photograph is Dr. King's coffin. Behind it stands a line of men holding hands.
- Place depicted
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 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, Gift of Anthony Decaneas, Decaneas Archive, and Ernest C. Withers Trust
- Object number
- 2011.16.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Ernest C. Withers Trust
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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
- 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
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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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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
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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
- 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
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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
- 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.
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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
- 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.
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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
- 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
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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
- 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.
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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
- 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.
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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.
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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
- 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
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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
- 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
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Atlanta, Georgia. Anonymous Woman Who Has Come upon a Mob Abusing Demonstrators with Kicks, Blows, and Burning Cigarettes. She Holds the Mob at Bay and Protects the Demonstrators
- Created by
- Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
- Date
- 1963-1964; printed 1994
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 5/8 x 12 15/16 in. (21.9 x 32.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.8 x 35.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a white woman with her hand on her hip scolding a young white man in the street while a crowd of onlookers surrounds them.
- Place depicted
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 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
- 2012.107.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos 1994. Permission required for use.
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Cambridge, Maryland. Clifford Vaughs, a SNCC Photographer is Arrested
- Created by
- Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
- Subject of
- Vaughs, Clifford, American
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Date
- 1964; printed 1994
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 5/8 x 12 15/16 in. (21.9 x 32.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in. (27.6 x 35.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of an African American man wearing white pants who is being pulled in all directions. Men with guns, helmets, and gas masks pull on his leg, arm and shirt. On the right side of the image a man in a short sleeve uniform walks away from the scene.
- Place depicted
- Cambridge, Dorchester, Maryland, 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
- 2012.107.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos . Permission required for use.
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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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Pickrick Drumstick signed by Lester Maddox
- Created by
- Maddox, Lester, American, 1915 - 2003
- Date
- ca. 1975
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- 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
- Type
- handles
- Topic
- American South
- Civil rights
- Politics (Practical)
- 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
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Young Segregationist Arrested
- Photograph by
- Karales, James H., American, 1930 - 2002
- Created by
- Rick Rhodes Photography & Imaging, LLC, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Alabama Highway Patrol, founded 1936
- Date
- 1965
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3106pixels × 4579pixels
- Description
- A black-and-white digital image of a young man being arrested in the middle of the street. The man stands in the center of the image with his hands behind his back. He is wearing a stripped t-shirt and jeans. The policeman stands directly behind the man, looking toward his hands, while reaching for an item on his belt. The policeman is wearing a white helmet and trench coat. To the left of the image, a large group of people can be seen facing toward the rear of the photo and holding flags. Signs behind the group state [Coca-Cola CANTERBURRY'S Coca-Cola MARKET]. A motorcycle is parked right next to the policeman and one policeman can be seen running forward through the dashboard. Cars are parked along the right side of the road.
- Place captured
- Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Selma to Montgomery Marches
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Monica Karales and the Estate of James Karales
- Object number
- 2015.129.55
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of James Karales
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Five Plays by Ed Bullins
- Written by
- Bullins, Ed, American, born 1935
- Published by
- Bobbs-Merrill Company, American, founded 1850
- Illustrated by
- Ratzkin, Lawrence, American, 1931 - 2011
- Photograph by
- The New York Times, American, founded 1851
- Date
- 1969
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper with cloth, cardboard and pressure-sensitive tape
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (21.6 × 14.8 × 3 cm)
- Description
- A first edition, hardcover book with dust jacket, Five Plays by Ed Bullins. The dust jacket features a full-page black-and-white photograph of Ed Bullins in front of the New Lafayette Theater. Bullins is seen from the waist up, facing the camera, wearing a black long sleeve shirt, unbuttoned at the neck. He is also wearing a thick, chain with large pendant around his neck. Behind his proper left shoulder is the sign for the theater with a black and white stylized face above black text that reads [THE NeW / LaFaYeTTE / THEaTRe]. Behind his proper right shoulder is a pair of glass doors. The lower half of the cover features the book title in red stylized text written over Bullin's shirt, [FIVE PLAYS / BY ED / BULLINS]. Along the bottom edge of the front cover in white text is [WINNER OF THE 1968 VERNON RICE AWARD]. The spine of the dust jacket is white with black, narrow, text [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. The back cover of the dust jacket is white with black text that features two Bullins’ play reviews by Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. The interior front and back flaps of the dust jacket feature a review of Bullins’ plays and short biography written by Black Theatre. The book has a black cloth binding. The exterior spine of the book is embossed with metallic red text that spans the entire length of the spine, [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. Both the front and back covers of the book are blank. The book features five plays include Goin’ a Buffalo; In the Wine Time; A Son, Come Home; The Electronic Nigger; Clara’s Ole Man. The title pages for each play are preceded by a black-and-white image from a live performance of that play. The book is two hundred and eighty-two (282) pages long. There are inscriptions in ink and pencil on the front free endpaper.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
- Object number
- 2015.64.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible