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date: label: Date
content: 1970-1989
name: label: Photograph by
content: John H. White, American, born 1945
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Caption
content: Though her face is not visible, the faith practitioner pictured here is believed to Mother Consuella York. Rev. York (1923-1995) was an ordained minister with Salem Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois. She became known as the “Jail Preacher” during her four decades of prison ministry at the Cook County Jail in Chicago.
label: Description
content: A black and white photographic print of a faith practitioner comforting an inmate at Cook County Jail. The young man is wearing a t shirt and has his back to the camera. The faith practitioner has her right hand on the back of his neck and is leaning forward with her head meeting his. She is waring traditional black habit and cross necklace. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John H. White/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.118.16
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © John H. White
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 and sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)