Photograph of a woman and the body of Billy Furr, shot by police in Newark Riots
date: label: Date
content: July 1967
name: label: Photograph by
content: Bud Lee, American, 1941 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Billy Furr, American, 1950 - 1974
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph depicting a woman in a white dress and dark-colored shoes crouched next to and reaching for a person lying on the sidewalk. The person on the sidewalk appears to be shot in the back and is bleeding. Behind the woman, legs and feet of three other people are visible.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Military
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
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.57.10.11
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Bud Lee
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): 9 3/4 × 8 in. (24.8 × 20.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (24.1 × 16 cm)