In a Show of Support that Brought Together Different Factions of the Movement, Civil Rights Leaders Joined Funeral Procession of NAACP Activist Medgar Evers, Jackson, Mississippi, 1963

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Object Details

Created by

Charles Moore, American, 1931 - 2010

Subject of

Medgar Evers, American, 1925 - 1963

Description

A black-and-white photograph of a crowd of people dressed in suits, or funeral attire, walking in a procession through the streets of Jackson, Mississippi.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Charles Moore.

Date

1963; printed 2007

Object number

2011.67.1

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 17 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. (45.4 x 31.7 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Funeral customs and rites

Photography

Violence

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5abb62155-b8e7-4582-9cb6-15b1b8a32d1a

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.67.1