Created by
Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Man or Men
Date
1940s
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 10 7/8 x 14 in. (27.6 x 35.6 cm)
Caption
Does Discriminate - National Negro Congress Citizen's Civics Affairs Committee, First Black women to picket chain for jobs, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's
Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 116.
Description
A black-and-white photograph of two girls protesting in front of an F. W. Woolworth's store. The pair wear signs announcing that "Woolworth refuses to hire Negro sale girls."
Place depicted
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Labor
Photography
Race discrimination
Segregation
Urban life
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
Object number
2010.74.97
Restrictions & Rights
© Joe Schwartz
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd535a1bcc3-af95-4580-9114-0c38cde2a6ae

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