Evangeline Country

Merritt Mauzey

20th century

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Fruit Stand, Sidewalk, Memphis, Tenn. 1966, William Christenberry, dye transfer print
Black and white press print of a civil rights conflict in a street. A young, white male jumps into a mixed crowd of white African American marchers from an open convertible. Includes caption "(YAZ3) PHILADELPHIA, Miss., June 21--VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN MEMORIAL MARCH--An unidentified white man leaps from the hood of a car into a crowd of marching Negroes and whites as a fist-swinging melee erupted Tuesday as Dr. Martin Luther King led a memorial march through Philadelphia for three Civil Rights workers killed near Philadelphia two years ago. (AP Wirephoto) (See AP Wire Story) (lg31500stf) 1966"
This a bust-length portrait of a man with long sideburns, wavy brown hair and gray eyes, who gazes directly at the viewer. In his right hand, he holds a mahlstick; in his left hand, he holds a painter's palette, loaded with oil paint, and five brushes. In the foreground, a smoking pipe, two tubes of oil paint, and an open artist's box (containing several tubes of paint and a palette knife) rest on a table. In the background to the left, a blank canvas rests on an easel (only the bottom left rung of the easel is visible).
Black and white image of African American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan from the waist up. She is wearing a light dress with flowers on it. Her eyes are closed and she gestures with her hands as she sings.