Photograph by:

Bud Lee, American, 1941 - 2015  Search this

Subject of:

Billy Furr, American, 1950 - 1974  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Medium:

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Sheet): 9 3/4 × 8 in. (24.8 × 20.3 cm)

H x W (Image): 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (24.1 × 16 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted:

Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date:

July 1967

Description:

A black-and-white photograph depicting a woman in a white dress and dark-colored shoes crouched next to and reaching for a person lying on the sidewalk. The person on the sidewalk appears to be shot in the back and is bleeding. Behind the woman, legs and feet of three other people are visible.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Military  Search this

Photography  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Race riots  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Violence  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2011.57.10.11

Restrictions & Rights:

© Bud Lee

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f0f5ef0a-2a0c-4819-8bc8-7289d5305657

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.57.10.11