Willie McGee in his cell at Hinds County Jail, Jackson, Mississippi
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Title
Willie McGee in his cell at Hinds County Jail, Jackson, Mississippi
Collection
Civil Rights Congress photograph collection
Photographs
Names
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.) (Collector)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1945 - 1950 (Approximate)
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection
Subjects
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
African Americans -- Mississippi
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States
McGee, Willie, 1915-1951
African American prisoners
Mississippi -- Race relations
Genres
Notes
Content: SC-CN-01-090
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: b ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG087000330-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11527495
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d66436a0-c628-012f-a323-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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MLA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Willie McGee in his cell at Hinds County Jail, Jackson, Mississippi" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1945 - 1950. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d66436a0-c628-012f-a323-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1945 - 1950). Willie McGee in his cell at Hinds County Jail, Jackson, Mississippi Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d66436a0-c628-012f-a323-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Willie McGee in his cell at Hinds County Jail, Jackson, Mississippi" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d66436a0-c628-012f-a323-58d385a7bc34
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