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.2005.243586

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten in pencil; (MISS.) / SHOWS WORKERS TAKING "WARMTH BREAK" AROUND / FIRE. / FOR THE FIRST DAY OR SO,, THE STUDENTS WERE WORKING / ALONG. SOON,, however,, embers of the Negro community / were on the job and now the Negros enthusiastically / turn to the task.; stamped in black ink: [star symbol] / Credit::; handwritten in blue ink: VERNON MERRITT; stamped in black ink; from BLACK STAR; handwritten in blue ink: 3; handwritten in pencil: 148-896;

Tagasauris Keywords: Aerial View; Architecture; Building; Construction; Construction worker; Day; Female; Full-Length Portrait; Group of people; Group of people; Hoodie; Landscape; Male; Male and Female; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Panoramic; Religion and belief; Sitting; Smoking pipe; Social issues; Three-Quarter-Length Portrait
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS / CHURCH REBUILDING MISSISSIPPI
Retouching: N