On View
Segregation Gallery
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
Manufactured by
O.F. Mossberg & Sons, founded 1919
Owned by
Robertson, Willie
Subject of
Deacons for Defense and Justice, American, founded 1964
Date
1969-1971
Medium
steel, wood, rubber
Dimensions
Overall with Weight: 7 1/2 x 47 5/8 x 2 1/4 in., 8 lb. (19.1 x 121 x 5.7 cm, 3.6 kg)
Description
Wood and hardened steel 20 gauge pump-action shotgun, O.F. Mossberg& Sons model 500C. Pump-action on shotgun is made of wood and has a grip with cut ridges. Shotgun has wood stock with a rubber end. Rubber end appears to have been painted red or orange at one point. Etched into metal near magazine loading port is, [Mossberg/MADE IN USA/NORTH HAVEN, CONN./500C 20 GA]. Serial number etched into metal near shotgun's trigger reads, [B07018]. 28 high modified choke
Place used
Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Place made
North Haven, North Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Weapons and Ammunition
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Black Power (Black Pride)
Type
shotguns
Topic
Activism
Associations and institutions
Black power
Civil rights
Justice
Resistance
Segregation
U.S. History, 1969-2001
Violence
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Barbara Hicks-Collins in memory of father, Robert "Bob" Hicks; Aunt, Grace Hicks-Berry; sister, Valeria Hicks-Smith and in honor of mother, Valeria Payton-Hicks and women of the Bogalusa Civil Rights Movement
Object number
2014.60.1
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd571ca1706-ec5c-4282-bd02-20403178aec2

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