Edward Schwartz Portfolio
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Abstract
Depictions of civil rights and political activism in New York City and Washington, D.C., from 1949 to 1954, consisting of studio portraits and candid shots of political activists and police brutality victims; a group portrait of activists; and views of a petition presentation, a meeting, rallies, protest marchers, a crowd gathered for a jail release, and a staged demonstration at a public site. Of note are views of demonstrators, protesting the imprisonment of death row inmate Willie McGee, gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C. (1951); a vigil and march protesting the executions of the Martinsville (Va.) Seven, a group of African American men convicted of raping a White woman, outside the White House in Washington, D.C. (1951); and views of a group led by actor and activist Paul Robeson presenting a petition to a United Nations representative, charging the United States with genocide against African Americans citizens (1951).
Dates / Origin
Date issued: 1949
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Portfolio (Schwartz, E.)