Digital print of Chicago Freedom Movement rally crowd at Soldier Field

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Object Details

Created by

Bernard Kleina, American

Description

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 holding umbrellas.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina and Susan Keleher Kleina

Date

July 10, 1966; printed 2012

Object number

2013.140.5

Restrictions & Rights

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

inkjet prints

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 6 x 8 3/4 in. (15.2 x 22.2 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Place depicted

Soldier Field, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Chicago Freedom Movement

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Photography

Race discrimination

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57b6dd25b-3f62-47f1-9236-2aaaae9caf62

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.140.5