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Medgar Evers and Roy Wilkins

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified Artist

Sitter

Roy Wilkins, 30 Aug 1901 - Sep 1981
Medgar Evers, 1925 - 1963

Exhibition Label

Roy Wilkins (1901–1981), Born St. Louis, Missouri
Medgar Evers (1925–1963), Born Decatur, Mississippi
Medgar Evers (center right) played a critical role in organizing and sustaining the Jackson Movement--a multifaceted campaign to end segregation in Mississippi’s most populous city. In the spring of 1963, Evers launched a boycott of stores in Jackson’s main shopping district after the mayor rejected an NAACP-sponsored resolution calling for fair hiring practices in municipal jobs, desegregation of public facilities and accommodations, an end to discriminatory business practices, and the establishment of a biracial committee to combat injustice and promote reform. When NAACP national secretary Roy Wilkins (center left) joined Evers in picketing the F. W. Woolworth store in downtown Jackson, local police brandishing electric cattle prods swiftly arrested both men. This press photograph documenting the arrest appeared in the New York Times on June 2, 1963--just ten days before a white supremacist assassinated Evers.
Roy Wilkins (1901–1981), Nacido en St. Louis, Missouri
Medgar Evers (1925–1963), Nacido en Decatur, Mississippi
Medgar Evers (centro a la derecha) desempeñó un papel fundamental en la organización y el manteni- miento del Movimiento Jackson, una campaña multi- facética que buscaba poner fin a la segregación en la ciudad más poblada de Mississippi. En la primavera de 1963, Evers lanzó un boicot a las tiendas del principal distrito comercial de Jackson después de que el alcalde de la ciudad rechazara la resolución patrocinada por la NAACP que exigía prácticas de contratación justas en empleos municipales, desegregación de las instalaciones y los alojamientos públicos, el fin de las prácticas comerciales discrimi- natorias y el establecimiento de un comité birracial para combatir la injusticia y promover la reforma. Cuando el secretario nacional de la NAACP Roy Wilkins (centro a la izquierda) se unió a Evers en el piquete de la tienda F. W. Woolworth en el centro de Jackson, la policía, blandiendo picanas eléctricas, los arrestó a ambos rápidamente. Esta fotografía de prensa, que documenta el arresto, se publicó en el New York Times el 2 de junio de 1963, tan sólo diez días antes del asesinato de Evers por parte de un supremacista blanco.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1963

Object number

NPG.2001.81

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Getty Images

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 19.4 x 24.2cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2")
Sheet: 20.7 x 25.4cm (8 1/8 x 10")
Mat: 35.6 x 45.7cm (14 x 18")

Place

United States\Mississippi\Jackson

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Headgear\Hat
Weapon\Gun
Equipment\Sign
Vehicle\Automobile
Exterior\Street
Roy Wilkins: Male
Roy Wilkins: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Magazine editor
Roy Wilkins: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader
Roy Wilkins: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Journalist\Editorial writer
Roy Wilkins: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
Roy Wilkins: Civilian awards\Congressional Gold Medal
Medgar Evers: Male
Medgar Evers: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d76e6153-e0fa-4a45-92fa-ae325dc509e4

Record ID

npg_NPG.2001.81

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