<I>Police Disperse Marchers with Tear Gas</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 1966
name: label: Photograph by
content: United Press International, American, founded 1907
notes: label: Description
content: Captured during the March Against Fear in Canton, Mississippi, this black-and-white photograph depicts marchers who are trying to escape from their tents that have just been attacked with tear gas by Mississippi state troopers. The marchers are depicted mostly crawling on the ground beneath large clouds of tear gas. A few are standing or running. Multiple tent structures are visible amidst the clouds. In the foreground of the photograph, a line of troopers with helmets, gas masks, billy clubs, and rifles stand facing the fleeing marchers. At the far right, one of the troopers breaks the line and advances towards the marchers. A yellow paper with a typed description of the event is attached to the bottom of the photograph.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Canton, Madison County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Violence
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, Gift of Howard Greenberg Gallery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.169.6
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and 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): 6 x 8 5/8 in. (15.2 x 21.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm)