<I>The Beating</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1965; printed 1995
name: label: Created by
content: Spider Martin, American, 1939 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: John Lewis, American, 1940 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of the March 7, 1965 assault on Civil Rights marchers by Alabama state police officers termed "Bloody Sunday." The troopers, wearing gas masks and brandishing nightsticks, set upon marchers along US Highway 80.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Photography
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
label: Movement
content: Selma to Montgomery Marches
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: 2011.14.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1965 Spider Martin
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): 7 7/8 x 13 11/16 in. (20 x 34.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)