Comedian Dick Gregory (white suit-center) leaves wagon that brought him from House of Correction for court appearance here. Gregory was arrested August 12 during demonstration protesting construction of mobile classroom site. He was charged with disorderly conduct, and later refused to sign bond for his release. Handcuffed to Gregory is James Sanders, man at right is not identified

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Comedian Dick Gregory (white suit-center) leaves wagon that brought him from House of Correction for court appearance here. Gregory was arrested August 12 during demonstration protesting construction of mobile classroom site. He was charged with disorderly conduct, and later refused to sign bond for his release. Handcuffed to Gregory is James Sanders, man at right is not identified
Comedian Dick Gregory (white suit-center) leaves wagon that brought him from House of Correction for court appearance here. Gregory was arrested August 12 during demonstration protesting construction of mobile classroom site. He was charged with disorderly conduct, and later refused to sign bond for his release. Handcuffed to Gregory is James Sanders, man at right is not identified
DateAugust 23, 1963
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 × 7 1/8 in. (22.2 × 18.1 cm) Image: 8 × 5 7/8 in. (20.3 × 14.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.284
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Recto, right side: "CHICAGO OUT-HXPCA082307-8/23/63-CHICAGO: Comedian Dick Gregory (white suit-center) leaves / wagon that brought him from House of Correction for court appearance here 8/23. Gregory was / arrested 8/12 during demonstration protesting construction of mobile classroom site. He was / charged with disorderly conduct, and later refused to sign bond for his release. Handcuffed / to Gregory is James Sanders. Man at right is not identified. *CHICAGO OUT* UPI TELEPHOTO J" (typewritten)
Verso, center: "AUG 24 1963"
Verso, center: "[PLEASE CREDIT / United Press International Photo / This picture is for your publication only and must / not be loaned, syndicated or used for advertising / purposes without written permission from United Press / International. By accepting this picture you agree to hold / United Press International harmless from any loss or / damage arising by reason of your use or publication/ of this picture. / LIMITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL. INC. / UNITED PRESS BUILDING / (illegible) 2 WASHINGTON STREET/ BOSTON, MASS.]"
Verso, center: "40" (on a red sticker)
Inscribed Verso, top left corner: "CVL-LDR-102 / 2000"
Police Use Stretcher to Remove Demonstrator: Woman who had climbed atop roof of mobile classroom is removed down ladder by police who have encased her in a canvas stretcher bag. Only her face protrudes. She was identified as Janet Heywood, 20, of Chicago. Many other demonstrators were arrested as pickets continued to protest that the mobile units serve to maintain 'de facto' segregation. Demonstrators claim that Negro students in overcrowded schools should be sent to white schools, Chicago.
Police Use Stretcher to Remove Demonstrator: Woman who had climbed atop roof of mobile classroom is removed down ladder by police who have encased her in a canvas stretcher bag. Only her face protrudes. She was identified as Janet Heywood, 20, of Chicago. Many other demonstrators were arrested as pickets continued to protest that the mobile units serve to maintain 'de facto' segregation. Demonstrators claim that Negro students in overcrowded schools should be sent to white schools, Chicago.
Unknown artist, American
Date: August 13, 1963
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.240
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Distinguished Lathe Operator Gregory Turnstev, Uralmach Machine Factory
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: August 1951, printed 2003
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.21
American actors Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner during the filming of "On the Beach" by Stanley Kramer, Australia
American actors Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner during the filming of "On the Beach" by Stanley Kramer, Australia
Wayne Miller
Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.256
Promise Peace: Yippie Jerry Rubin, left, and his lieutenants announce plans for nonviolent activities during the July 10-14th Democratic National Convention. Other Youth International Party leaders in Miami Beach Tuesday were, from left: Patty Oldenburg, partly hidden Ed Sanders and Abbie Hoffman. Rubin points to a bird of peace sculpture.
Promise Peace: Yippie Jerry Rubin, left, and his lieutenants announce plans for nonviolent activities during the July 10-14th Democratic National Convention. Other Youth International Party leaders in Miami Beach Tuesday were, from left: Patty Oldenburg, partly hidden Ed Sanders and Abbie Hoffman. Rubin points to a bird of peace sculpture.
Unknown artist, American
Date: June 28, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.248
In Each Other's Arms: Jerry Rubin, one of seven Chicago Conspiracy defendants, embraces his wife, Nancy, in Chicago Saturday, following his release on bail. Rubin and the six other defendants were granted bail by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. They had been serving their sentences for crossing state lines to incite riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
In Each Other's Arms: Jerry Rubin, one of seven Chicago Conspiracy defendants, embraces his wife, Nancy, in Chicago Saturday, following his release on bail. Rubin and the six other defendants were granted bail by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. They had been serving their sentences for crossing state lines to incite riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
James "Jim" Palmer
Date: February 28, 1970
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.133
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
Date: June 16, 1975
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.267
Jerry Rubin conducts a tape interview with Marlo Thomas, daughter of Danny Thomas and a member of the California delegation, as the opening session of the Democratic Convention got under way, Miami Beach.
Jerry Rubin conducts a tape interview with Marlo Thomas, daughter of Danny Thomas and a member of the California delegation, as the opening session of the Democratic Convention got under way, Miami Beach.
Unknown artist, American
Date: July 10, 1972
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2024.21.252
Photograph by John Bentham.
Jimmy Hicks, Julian Bond, John Lewis, and Jeremiah X Stand Across the Street from the Bombed Church
Danny Lyon
Date: 1963, printed 2010
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2015.11.11
Two hundred Negroes, mostly teenagers, were arrested after police broke up a noisy racial demonstration in the lobby of the First National Bank. The demonstrators were arrested when they sat down on the floor of the bank lobby. The protest was against alleged employment discrimination by the bank, East St. Louis, Illinois.
Two hundred Negroes, mostly teenagers, were arrested after police broke up a noisy racial demonstration in the lobby of the First National Bank. The demonstrators were arrested when they sat down on the floor of the bank lobby. The protest was against alleged employment discrimination by the bank, East St. Louis, Illinois.
Bettmann Archive
Date: August 15, 1963
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.260
Some 200 civil rights marchers protesting retention of School Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis were carted off to jail in police vans and squadrols Friday.
Some 200 civil rights marchers protesting retention of School Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis were carted off to jail in police vans and squadrols Friday.
Date: June 12, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.286
Mobile home park, Hollywood
Mobile home park, Hollywood
Paul Almasy
Date: c. 1958
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.4
At a news conference in the Federal Building in Chicago. Yippie leader Jerry Rubin makes a point by pounding the desk. He appeared at the conference with six other defendants, charged with conspiracy to incite mob action at the Democratic Convention, who are standing behind him. They are (from left) John Froines, Abbie Hoffman, Lee Weiner, David Dellinger, Thomas Hayden and Rennard Davis. The eighth defendant, Bobby Seale, is in jail. The girl seated with Rubin was introduced as Nancy Kurshan, Rubin's wife.
At a news conference in the Federal Building in Chicago. Yippie leader Jerry Rubin makes a point by pounding the desk. He appeared at the conference with six other defendants, charged with conspiracy to incite mob action at the Democratic Convention, who are standing behind him. They are (from left) John Froines, Abbie Hoffman, Lee Weiner, David Dellinger, Thomas Hayden and Rennard Davis. The eighth defendant, Bobby Seale, is in jail. The girl seated with Rubin was introduced as Nancy Kurshan, Rubin's wife.
James "Jim" Palmer
Date: October 8, 1969
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.132