- Created by
- Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of
- Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- May 1965
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.6 x 25.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph print of the photographer, H.C. Anderson, with others in front of the U.S. Capitol building, captured while Congress debated the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The group stands in a semi-circle in the foreground with the U.S. Capitol behind them. Anderson is at the far left, leaning upon a parked car.
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Government
- Law
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Suffrage
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
- Object number
- 2012.137.3.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.