<I>Negro Store</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 1967
name: label: Photograph by
content: Harry Benson, Scottish, born 1929
label: Published by
content: London Express, British
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a storefront with a posted sign "This Store is Owned and Operated by Negroes" and the words "Soul Brother" written on the glass. A man in a white shirt and dark slacks is standing to the left of the storefront, looking off to his right. The sign and text were intended to discourage looting during the 1967 Newark riots, by indicating that this store was operated by African Americans.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of a storekeeper and storefront in the Newark Riots
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
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
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: 2011.57.10.6
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Harry Benson/Express/Getty Images
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 and Image): 6 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (16.5 × 23.7 cm)