A color photograph of a mob attacking a blue car. The store, "SUPER 100," has people running out of it carrying various items. One man, in a yellow shirt and sunglasses, is preparing to throw a can at the car. Another man, in a white shirt, is pushing on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.19
A color photograph of a mob at a Clark gas station. Colored flags hang overhead and figures are standing in front of gas pumps. Many of the men are in motion. The man in the lower left, wearing a white shirt, is crouched down. Another man, in the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.20
A color photograph of a crowd sitting on bleachers at the rally on Soldier's Field. Steps divide the crowd in the center down the center of the photograph. Several individuals make their way up and down the steps and through the crowd. Many individuals are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.5
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Raby, and Ralph Abernathy. Dressed in black suits and white shirts the three men are standing in front of a microphone. Dr. King is facing the viewer and looking to the viewer's right. Beside him is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.12
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wearing a white shirt in a black suit and tie. In the upper left a hand can be seen someone holding a copy of the Chicago Sun-Times that says "-,000 Led By Dr. King / - March On City Hall." Another hand, at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.14
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. standing next to and slightly behind Coretta Scott King. Dr. King is wearing a white shirt and black tie. He is gazing straight ahead. Mrs. King is wearing black sunglasses, red lipstick, and a yellow top.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.8
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr walking down the street. Wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, a black tie, black pants, he is looking to the left of the viewer. Behind him is a man in a straw hat and another man in a green shirt and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.7
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. surrounded by several men, one of whom is the Reverend Ralph Abernathy. He is standing behind King's right shoulder. King, griping a corner of the podium in his right hand, along with a handkerchief, is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.11
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a podium with multiple microphones. He is holding his right hand in the air, palm outward. He is gazing to the viewer's left. In the background, out of focus, is a figure in a red shirt and a black umbrella.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.1
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a podium with multiple microphones. He gazes downward at the podium. A hand holding a patterned umbrella, in focus, is visible at the left edge of the image. In the background, is a crowd of people,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.2
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a podium with multiple microphones. His gaze is directed downward at the podium. Behind him, out of focus, is a crowd of seated people, including a standing white man with dark glasses. At the upper left…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.4
A color photograph of Edwin "Bill" Berry, in short sleeve shirt and tie, at a podium with multiple microphones. The podium is draped with an American flag, of which the field of stars is visible. The podium is partially blocked by a large round sign with a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.3
A color photograph of Jesse Jackson and Albert Raby walking side by side along a path. Jackson is on the right in a black suit, white shirt, sunglasses, and a diagonally-striped tie. Albert Raby, in a brown suit and banded tie, is on the left. Behind them…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.15
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others around a microphone. From left to right: Dr. King, a woman, a man in glasses at center, and another man on the right. Dr. King gazes fixedly at the man opposite him, who gazes back. The central…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.29
A color photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. surrounded by marchers. He is wearing a gray suit, white shirt with no tie, and is touching his lapel with his right hand. Three of the men surrounding him turn and look to the viewer's left. A fourth man,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.23
Two prints of a black and white composite photograph of Lady Saw. The print depicts two side-by-side images of Lady Saw, wearing a black bra with her hair pulled back in a ponytail. On the left, Saw is posed with her head turned to the left and smiling,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.58.1-.2
A color photograph of Mae Reeves and Donna Limerick. Mae stands to Donna's right and wears a heavy black coat, and a dark teal and iridescent dress as well as a dark hat. Donna wears a long sleeved red shirt with black belt, and tall furry black hat.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.217
A color digital print of Mae Reeves sitting in a white draped chair. She is wearing a black dress and hat, with black feathers. She wears a large pearl bracelet around her right writst. Behind her there is a large bouquet of flowers. An inscription on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.216
A color photograph of Mahalia Jackson at a podium with multiple microphones. Her mouth is open and she is either speaking or singing. She is grasping one of the microphones with right hand. She is wearing a black dress with pink scarf around her neck. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.9
A color photograph of a man being escorted by a Chicago police officer. He is wearing a plaid shirt, partially unbuttoned with a white t-shirt underneath. Wearing black pants and white shoes, he steps forwards aggressively, head lowered, gaze to the front.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.17
A color photograph composite of a young man's face looking into the camera. It is a composite of multiple photos; behind the boy's face is a city street scene with shadowy figures on the pavement. Layered over the boy's face are the words "HISTORICAL…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.6
A color photograph of Chicago police arresting a bloody man wearing a white shirt and green pants. His hands are behind his back and blood is running down the right side of his face. One of the men arresting him is in plainclothes, one is in police…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.18
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…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.21
A color photograph of six Chicago Police Department officers and one African American plain clothes officer walking among civilians. Wearing black pants, blue uniform shirts, and blue helmets, they walk in a rough line next to several young white men. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.140.16
