<I>"Tent City" family, Fayette County, TN</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Walker and Dorothy Mason with their five young children, in front of a tent in "Tent City," an encampment of African Americans displaced from their homes in retaliation for registering to vote. The encampment was located on the land of William Shepard Towles and lasted from 1960 to 1962. Walker stands on the left with Dorothy on the right, holding a blanket-wrapped infant in her arms. Between them stand three young children, with another on the other side of Walker holding a baby bottle. Behind them is a canvas tent.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.16.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ernest C. Withers Trust
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 14 5/8 × 14 15/16 in. (37.1 × 37.9 cm)