<I>Mrs. Medgar Evers and family - she comforts her eldest son at Medgar Evers' funeral, Jackson MS</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 15, 1963
name: label: Created by
content: Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Myrlie Evers, American, born 1933
label: Subject of
content: Darrell Evers, American, 1953 - 2001
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Medgar Evers, American, 1925 - 1963
notes: label: Description
content: This black-and-white photograph depicts a crowd of African Americans in mourning attire.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
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: 2009.16.7
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ernest C. Withers Trust
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: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)