Photograph of a white woman leading her child away from Graymont School
date: label: Date
content: 1963
name: label: Photograph by
content: United Press International, American, founded 1907
label: Subject of
content: Graymont Elementary School, 1908 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: Black-and-white photograph of a white woman leading a young child by the hand away from a school. Sign at front of school reads, [GRAYMONT SCHOOL]. Type along right side of photograph reads, [BXP091005-9/10/63-BIRMINGHAM, ALA. :White mother angrily tows her son down / walk of Graymont elementary school here 9/10 after removing him from class. / She withdrew her son when two Negro boys successfully integrated the school. / UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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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, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.214
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © United Press International
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 1/8 × 7 in. (23.2 × 17.8 cm)