Photograph of a boy walking ahead of soliders during the Newark Riots
date: label: Date
content: July 1967
name: label: Photograph by
content: Don Hogan Charles, American, 1938 - 2017
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph depicting a child in the forefront, with his hands raised, looking over his right shoulder and walking ahead of a group of soldiers. The soliders are armed with rifles with bayonet attachments, and are walking down the sidewalk in front of the store Krafchick & Son Curtains and Linens. A group of women are clustered to the right of the photograph, standing in storefronts and watching the soldiers pass, while to the left of the photograph men and children are standing in the street, also watching the soldiers.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Violence
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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: 2011.57.10.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times/ Redux
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.6 × 25.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 6 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (16.8 × 24.4 cm)