- 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
- Photographs and Still Images
- 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. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




