Created by
Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Child or Children
Date
1960
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Sheet): 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
H x W (Image): 14 5/8 × 14 15/16 in. (37.1 × 37.9 cm)
Description
A black-and-white photograph of Walker and Dorothy Mason with their five young children, in front of a tent in "Tent City," an encampment of African Americans displaced from their homes in retaliation for registering to vote. The encampment was located on the land of William Shepard Towles and lasted from 1960 to 1962. Walker stands on the left with Dorothy on the right, holding a blanket-wrapped infant in her arms. Between them stand three young children, with another on the other side of Walker holding a baby bottle. Behind them is a canvas tent.
Place depicted
Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Civil rights
Communities
Families
Housing
Photography
Race discrimination
Resistance
U.S. History, 1953-1961
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2009.16.4
Restrictions & Rights
© Ernest C. Withers Trust
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56cbe4228-b41f-4d4b-a09b-4a3d2e2a677a

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