Shotgun owned by Willie Robertson, member of Deacons for Defense and Justice
date: label: Date
content: 1969-1971
name: label: Manufactured by
content: O.F. Mossberg & Sons, founded 1919
label: Owned by
content: Willie Robertson
label: Subject of
content: Deacons for Defense and Justice, American, founded 1964
notes: label: Description
content: Wood and hardened steel 20 gauge pump-action shotgun, O.F. Mossberg& Sons model 500C. Pump-action on shotgun is made of wood and has a grip with cut ridges. Shotgun has wood stock with a rubber end. Rubber end appears to have been painted red or orange at one point. Etched into metal near magazine loading port is, [Mossberg/MADE IN USA/NORTH HAVEN, CONN./500C 20 GA]. Serial number etched into metal near shotgun's trigger reads, [B07018]. 28 high modified choke
place: label: Place used
content: Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: North Haven, North Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Weapons and Ammunition
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: Black Power (Black Pride)
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Barbara Hicks-Collins in memory of father, Robert "Bob" Hicks; Aunt, Grace Hicks-Berry; sister, Valeria Hicks-Smith and in honor of mother, Valeria Payton-Hicks and women of the Bogalusa Civil Rights Movement
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.60.1
objectType: label: Type
content: shotguns
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel, wood, rubber
label: Dimensions
content: Overall with Weight: 7 1/2 x 47 5/8 x 2 1/4 in., 8 lb. (19.1 x 121 x 5.7 cm, 3.6 kg)