Minnehaha

Edmonia Lewis

1868

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A black and white photograph of a surface with multiple layers of paint that are cracked, curled and peeling. Light creates shades of gray and black in the layers of paint. The lighter color paint has cracks and a rough texture, while the dark colored paint is peeling in abstract shapes and has a vertical element to its texture.
Press print with caption "(MRX-8) MONTGOMERY, ALA., MAR. 24-NURSING TIRED AND SORE FEET - Rodney Shaw, Washington, D.C. foreground, bathes his tired and sore feet in a roadside stream while other civil rights marchers rest their feet during a stop today in their march on the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery. The march approached the city limits this afternoon where the demonstrators will make camp before converging on the capitol tomorrow. (APWirephoto) (See AP Wire Story) (wfa 4 1345 stf) 1965"
This black and white photographrepresents a closely cropped image of a white woman's face. Her head is in the center of the composition, in three-quarters profile. The top of her head is cropped out of the picture frame, but it appears to be pulled back. A bright, diamond earring can be seen in her left ear. She appears to look down. The collar and shoulders of her dark coat can be seen.
Press print with caption "NEGRO WOMAN BLOCKS BULLDOZER / A Negro woman hangs on blade of a bulldozer which was parked at the site of mobile classroom units at 74th Street and Lowe Ave. on Chicago's south side Aug. 2. Demonstration was staged by CORE which contends that Negro pupils should be sent to existing predominantly white schools rather than in temporary classrooms."