Title from caption on object: “Woman Struggles with Officers”
January 25, 1965
Artist, American, 1913 - 1988
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20.8 × 17.2 cm (8 3/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
sheet: 22 × 20.5 cm (8 11/16 × 8 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.463
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: 3 col cuffs / w/Selma Story P-1; center stamped in red ink perpendicular: JAN 26 1965; center right stamped in purple ink: NORTHWEST; by unknown hand, lower left in red crayon circled: Rac. Seg; lower right stamped in blue ink perpendicular: '65 JAN 25 PM 8:52; bottom center printed in applied photo paper: (SEX4) SELMA, ALA. [circled in red crayon] Jan. 25--WOMAN STRUGGLES WITH OFFICERS--Annie Lee / Cooper, 54, Selma, Ala. fights with sheriff's officers as she takes the / billy club from Dallas Country Sheriff Jim Clark, center. The officers / are attempting to handcuff the Negro woman after she struck the sheriff, / he said. The violence erupted in a voter registration line at the court / house early this morning. (AP Wirephoto) (bh21700stf/hc) 1965 / See AP Wire Story