Created by:

Spider Martin, American, 1939 - 2003  Search this

Subject of:

Amelia Boynton Robinson, American, born 1911  Search this

John Lewis, American, 1940 - 2020  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 13 5/8 x 10 9/16 in. (34.6 x 26.8 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted:

Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1965; printed 1995

Description:

A black-and-white photograph of Amelia Boynton Robinson, who is weak from being attacked and gassed by Alabama State Troopers.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Photography  Search this

Violence  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2011.14.13

Restrictions & Rights:

© 1965 Spider Martin

See more items in:

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a95ab078-bb73-4cf9-a586-319bf847b413

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.14.13