Photograph of Ozie Powell being examined by two doctors after being shot
date: label: Date
content: January 24, 1936
name: label: Photograph by
content: International News Photos, Inc., American, 1911 - 1958
label: Subject of
content: Ozie Powell, American, born 1916
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Edgar Blalock, American
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of Ozie Powell being examined by doctors after being shot. Powell is laying down under a blanket while two male doctors examine his head. One doctor stands behind him with his head bent down and has both hands on Powell's head. He has a stethescope around his neck. The other doctor stands next to him and is looking down at the wound. The words [Scotsboro case] are handwritten in cursive on the back of the photograph. There is a copyright stamp on the back of the photograph. The piece of paper glued to the pack of the photograph contains an image caption that reads [WATCH YOUR CREDIT INTERNATIONAL CHICAGO. / 14909 1-25-35. / SCOTTSBORO NEGRO SHOT AFTER STABBING GUARD. / DECATUR, ALA., OZIE POWELL, ONE OF THE NINE / SCOTTSBORO NEGROES IS PICTURED IN HILLMAN / HOSPITAL AS SURGEONS PROBED FOR TWO BULLETS / FIRED INTO HIS SCULL BY SHERIFF J. STREET / SANDLIN. THE BULLETS WERE REMOVED AND OZIE WAS RESTING EASY. POWELL WAS SHOT AFTER HE STABBED / EDWARD BLALOCK, A DEPUTY SHERIFF, WHILE MAKING / AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. THE STABBING TOOK PLACE / IN THE AUTOMOBILE THAT WAS BRINGING HIM TO / JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL IN BIRMINGHAM. BLALOCK / SUFFERED A SEVERE STAB WOUND IN THE NECK BUT / WILL RECOVER. / SENT TO A AND C LIST CLEVE TO WEST COAST.]
place: label: Place captured
content: Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1933-1945
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
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: 2014.37.39.6
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © United Press International
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 (Image): 8 × 6 in. (20.3 × 15.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 9/16 × 6 1/2 in. (21.7 × 16.5 cm)