Birmingham Riots
Artist
Charles Moore
(American, 1931 - 2010)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches (26.67 x 33.66 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4291
InscribedArtist's Stamp
"Credit: Charles Moore from Black Star"
Back of Print
Ink
Label
see description
Back of Print
Description: Label with "1963 Birmingham Riots" in ink.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionArtist's stamp and label on back of print. Image of two black men and one woman on the street during Birmingham riots.Gallery LabelThis photograph is one of the most memorable photographs of the Civil Rights era. Here, Charles Moore depicts the use by police of high-pressure fire hoses to break up a civil rights march in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 3, 1963. When published in a dramatic 11-page photo-essay in Life magazine, Moore’s pictures helped galvanize national support for the Civil Rights movement. This essay marked a turning point in public opinion on this important civic and moral issue.
Copyright© Estate of Charles Moore
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Charles D. Fredricks
ca. 1865
2005.27.3504.A,B
