<I>Shooting of James Meredith, Hernando, Mississippi</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1967
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jack R. Thornell, American, born 1939
label: Subject of
content: James Meredith, American, born 1933
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print captures James Meredith as he crawls across the sidewalk after being shot during the initial stage of the March Against Fear (1966). He faces away from the camera, hands braced on the ground to support his body weight while his legs sprawl awkwardly on the ground. Meredith is in the approximate right middle ground of the photograph; pavement dominates the foreground while trees dominate the background. There is handwriting in blue ink in the bottom right corner of the print which reads: [Sandy / Sorry I didn't have this in / color Too! / Jack Thornell].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 2014.166.3
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 10 7/16 × 13 5/8 in. (26.5 × 34.6 cm)