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Created by:
Unidentified  Search this
Used by:
16th Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1873  Search this
Medium:
glass, lead
Dimensions:
H x W x D (2013.138a): 6 × 5 1/2 × 1/4 in. (15.2 × 14 × 0.6 cm)
H x W x D (2013.138b): 7 1/4 × 6 × 1 1/16 in. (18.4 × 15.2 × 2.7 cm)
H x W x D (2013.138c): 3 × 1 1/2 × 5/16 in. (7.6 × 3.8 × 0.8 cm)
Type:
sherds
Place collected:
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
A stained glass rosette shaped shard (a) from the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The piece consists a cream diamond-shaped center, surrounded by rings of blue, ochre, and purple colored glass within a lead frame. Two pieces of the lead frame (b, c) are not connected to the rosette shaped stained glass and most of the top right segment of the ochre colored glass is missing.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Baptist  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Hate crimes  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Violence  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Rev. Norman C. "Jim" Jimerson and Melva Brooks Jimerson
Object number:
2013.138abc
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Religious and Sacred Objects
Movement:
Civil Rights Movement
Exhibition:
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
On View:
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54ba3bb41-45a7-4561-94ff-eb397adf9685
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.138abc