Photograph of a boy walking ahead of soliders during the Newark Riots
- Photograph by
- Charles, Don Hogan, American, 1938 - 2017
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- July 1967
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.6 × 25.6 cm)
- H x W (Image): 6 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (16.8 × 24.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph depicting a child in the forefront, with his hands raised, looking over his right shoulder and walking ahead of a group of soldiers. The soliders are armed with rifles with bayonet attachments, and are walking down the sidewalk in front of the store Krafchick & Son Curtains and Linens. A group of women are clustered to the right of the photograph, standing in storefronts and watching the soldiers pass, while to the left of the photograph men and children are standing in the street, also watching the soliders.
- Place depicted
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Children
- Civil rights
- Military
- 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
- 2011.57.10.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times/ Redux
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.