Created by
Kleina, Bernard, American
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Date
August 5, 1966; printed 2012
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 5 11/16 x 8 3/4 in. (14.4 x 22.2 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Description
A color photograph of a mob at a Clark gas station. Colored flags hang overhead and figures are standing in front of gas pumps. Many of the men are in motion. The man in the lower left, wearing a white shirt, is crouched down. Another man, in the center without a shirt, appears to have just thrown something. The mob's attention is focused to the viewer’s left at something outside the frame.
Place depicted
Marquette Park neighborhood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Chicago Freedom Movement
Type
inkjet prints
Topic
Civil rights
Photography
Race relations
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Violence
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina and Susan Keleher Kleina
Object number
2013.140.20
Restrictions & Rights
© Bernard J. Kleina
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bf402351-f2a8-4172-a9c3-eacd77ace9fb

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