Title from caption on object: “Rebuffed Again”

September 26, 1962

James A. Bourdier

Associated Names
James A. Bourdier

Artist, American, 1929 - 1987

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph of a group of men engaged in a discussion, with law enforcement presence. The men are gathered closely in an outdoor setting, likely in front of a building with visible windows and trees in the background. They appear to be dressed in formal attire, wearing suits, ties, and hats. Several uniformed police officers and individuals in suits surround the scene. The photograph is black and white, and there is printed text at the bottom providing information about the event documented.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 14 × 23.4 cm (5 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.9 × 23.8 cm (7 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.449

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across bottom printed in image: (Editors: This is a recropped retransmission of OXF1 to provide bigger images) / (OXF1) OXFORD, MISS., Sept. 26--REBUFFED AGAIN--Negro James Meredith looks away from Miss. Lt. Gov. / Paul B. Johnson Jr., as Johnson tells him he cannot enter the University of Mississippi this morn- / ing. Mississippi highway patrolmen blocked all entrances to the Ole Miss campus in Oxford and moved / from side to side in Meredith’s way, blocking him and federal marshals trying to get Meredith onto / the campus. (AP Wirephoto) (see AP wire story) (jab41311JAB)1962 / (NY [illegible] Sept 26); on verso, center right Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink perpendicular; center right printed in blue ink inverted: RSN 32549; lower left stamped in red ink: SEP 27 1962

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