Photo, Print, Drawing SNCC leader John Lewis (light coat, C) cringes as burly state trooper swings his club at Lewis' head 3/7 during attempted Negro march on the state capitol at Montgomery. Lewis later was admitted to a local hospital with a possible skull fracture
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Title
- SNCC leader John Lewis (light coat, C) cringes as burly state trooper swings his club at Lewis' head 3/7 during attempted Negro march on the state capitol at Montgomery. Lewis later was admitted to a local hospital with a possible skull fracture
Created / Published
- 1965 Mar 7.
Headings
- - Lewis, John,--1940-2020
- - Selma to Montgomery Rights March--(1965 :--Selma, Ala.)
- - African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Selma--1960-1970
- - Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Selma--1960-1970
- - Police brutality--Alabama--Selma--1960-1970
- - Nightsticks--Alabama--Selma--1960-1970
Headings
- Photographic prints--1960-1970.
- Transmitted images--1960-1970.
Genre
- Transmitted images--1960-1970
- Photographic prints--1960-1970
Notes
- - United Press International telephoto.
- - No. SLP 030717.
- - Title from news agency caption on item.
- - Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Medium
- 1 photograph : gelatin silver print, black and white ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in. format)
Call Number/Physical Location
- NYWTS - SUBJ/GEOG--Racism--1965 [item] [P&P]
Source Collection
- New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
- ds 12577 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.12577
- cph 3c27732 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c27732
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2001696161
Reproduction Number
- LC-DIG-ds-12577 (digital file from original photograph) LC-USZ62-127732 (b&w film copy neg.)
Rights Advisory
- Publication may be restricted. For information see "New York World-Telegram & ...," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/076_nyw.html
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