National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Mary McLeod Bethune remembrance statute unveiling in Lincoln Park, Washington, D. C., by the U. S. National Park Service
- Photograph by
- Williams, Milton, American, born 1940
- Subject of
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, American, 1875 - 1955
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, mounting board
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 8 x 9 7/8 in. (20.3 x 25.1 cm)
- Caption
- The National Park Service unveils the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Mary McLeod Bethune memorial statue in Lincoln Park [between Northeast and Southeast] Washington. I climbed up some Park Service scaffolding to get this shot. The workers looked the other way—they knew I wasn’t supposed to be up there. I got the best photos that day.
- Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 51.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a large crowd of people gathered in Lincoln Park for the unveiling of a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune. The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is stamped and inscribed on the back.
- Place depicted
- Lincoln Park, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Women's Club Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Women's organizations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
- Object number
- 2011.15.44
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Milton Williams
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.