Title from caption on object: “Meredith Hits the Dust after Shot”
June 6, 1966
Artist, American, born 1939
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print with applied color
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 19 × 27.2 cm (7 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.)
sheet: 20.2 × 27.7 cm (7 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.624
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
retouching center in blue crayon; across top printed in image: (MX7) HERNANDO, Miss. June 6--MEREDITH HITS THE DUSK AFTER SHOT--James Meredith hits / the dusk after he was shot during his civil rights march to Jackson, Miss. Man holding gun / is visible in the bushes at left center edge of photo. Officers arrested a man identified / as Aubrey James Norvell in connection with the shooting. (AP WIREPHOTO) (jrt/stf) / Editors--caption will be amplified if possible); on verso, center stamped in green ink on applied newspaper: JUN 7 1966; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: [reproduction of image] / --Associated Press Wirephoto / Falls to Ground Facing Assailant (Arrow) Hiding in Bushes / ...Mississippi deputies quickly nabbed suspect and confiscated a shotgun