Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: MOORE, Charles
Event Date: 1962-09-30
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.281185

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, adhered sticker: XCR02MOOR0056 02 / C [encircled] Charles Moore / Black Star (212) 679-3288 / [bar code] / Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford (1952) / Surrounded by his [illeg.], a law officer takes a practice / swing with a billy club. The policeman, identified by white / armbands, had organized a show of force to back Lt. Govr. Paul / Johnson. But made no effort to keep the peace when the / rioting started.; stamped: Credit: [star shape] / / C [encircled] 1978 / CHARLES MOORE / from BLACKSTAR; written on adhered label: 1962-01; adhered label: Segregationists in Mississippi / prepare for the arrival of / Freedom Riders.; handwritten: 181-378.

Tagasauris Keywords: Baton (law enforcement); Civil rights movement; Crowd; Day; Demonstration; Face; Freedom riders; Glasses; Group of people; Group of people; Happy; Hat; James Meredith; Lieutenant; Low angle View; Male; Male; Man; Mid adult; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Oxford, Mississippi; Panoramic; Paul B. Johnson, Jr.; Politics; Smile; Smoking; Social issues; Suit; The Police; Three-Quarter-Length Portrait; Tree; University of Mississippi; Unrest, conflicts and war; Waist-Up Portrait
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS / 1960-1964
Retouching: N