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
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.