Created by:

Bernard Kleina, American  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 5 5/8 x 8 11/16 in. (14.3 x 22.1 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Type:

inkjet prints

Place depicted:

Marquette Park neighborhood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

August 5, 1966; printed 2012

Description:

A color photograph of a Chicago police officer confronting a mob at a gas station. The officer, in his blue uniform with his billy club raised, is confronting a man with no shirt. next to him a man in black shirt flinching away from the billy club. The rest of the mob is breaking up and leaving the scene. At the extreme right is a Confederate flag.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Men  Search this

Photography  Search this

Race relations  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Violence  Search this

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:

2013.140.21

Restrictions & Rights:

© Bernard J. Kleina

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Chicago Freedom Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd583b513d6-7eec-4824-912b-bec560e28fb9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.140.21