<I>Freedom Day in Hattiesburg, Mississippi</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1964
name: label: Created by
content: Matt Herron, American, 1931 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Fannie Lou Hamer, American, 1917 - 1977
notes: label: Caption
content: Voting rights advocate, Fannie Lou Hamer, is shown picketing in front of the Forrest County Courthouse. Later, Hamer's group, the Mississippi Freedom Party, would challenge the official delegation at the 1964 Democratic Convention.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Fannie Lou Hamer carrying a sign and holding an umbrella over her head.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Hattiesburg, 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: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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: 2012.107.8
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Matt Herron
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): 9 7/16 × 6 9/16 in. (24 × 16.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mat): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)