Category: The Black Star Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: MERRITT III, Vernon
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.243576

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten in pencil: WORKERS BOTH BOYS + GIRLS PUTTING ROOF ON CHURCH / TAKING A BREAK. / ONLY 6 DAYS AGO,, THESE STUDENTS WERE SCRAPING about / IN HALF FROZEN,, SOGGY ASHES. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE / REMARKABLY- CONSIDERING WEATHER + LACK OF EXPERIENCE); STAMPED IN BLACK INK: [STAR SYMBOL] / Credit::; handwritten in blue ink; VERNON MERRITT; stamped in black ink: from BLACK STAR; handwritten in pencil: POURED THE FOUNDATION + GONE UP WITH THE WALLS / AND THE ROOF; [straight blue ink mark]; handwritten in pencil: 148-886;

Tagasauris Keywords: Architecture; Boot; Circular saw; Day; Face; Friendship; Full-Length Portrait; Glasses; Group; Group of people; Group of people; Low angle View; Male; Male and Female; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Panoramic; Religion and belief; Roof; Roofer; Saw; Social issues; Wood; Young adult
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS / CHURCH REBUILDING MISSISSIPPI
Retouching: N