Crowd of demonstrators kneel in prayer outside city hall after march from Soldier Field in protest to alleged school segregation in Chicago. March took place two-day (of) school boycott when court order blocked it

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Crowd of demonstrators kneel in prayer outside city hall after march from Soldier Field in protest to alleged school segregation in Chicago. March took place two-day (of) school boycott when court order blocked it
Crowd of demonstrators kneel in prayer outside city hall after march from Soldier Field in protest to alleged school segregation in Chicago. March took place two-day (of) school boycott when court order blocked it
Artist/Maker
DateMay 2, 1962
MediumVintage United Press International telephoto
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 9 1/8 in. (17.8 × 23.2 cm) Image: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.262
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Verso, center: "HXP-050113...................CHICAGO BUREAU / CHICAGO: Rezzie Moffett, 45, (L) AND CLIFFOR TAYLOR, 25 / (CHECKER SHIRT) REPORTED TO BE THE FIRST NEGROES SENT TO / CHICAGO BY THE WHITE CITIZENS COUNCIL FOR GREATER / NEW ORLEANS, SHOWN AT PRESS CONFERENCE HERE 5/1 SHORTLY / AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL ON BUS. THE NEW ORLEANS GROUP PAID / $22.61 FOR EACH OF THE MEN'S BUS FARES AND HANDED EACH / $5 BILL. THEIR BUS TICKETS WERE ONE WAY. / CHICAGO BUREAU 5/1/62 RM/RC UPI TELEPHOTO (typed on paper taped to back)"
Verso, center: "(illegible) Rich (signature)"
Verso, center: "[REFERENCE / MAY 9'62 / N.E.A.]"
Verso, center: "[REFERENCE / MAY 9'62 / N.E.A.]"
Verso, center: "[PLEASE CREDIT / U.P.I. TELEPHOTO / This picture is for your publication only and must not be loaned, syndicated or used for advertising / purposes without written permission from the United / Press International. By accepting this picture you agree to hold the United Press International harmless from / any loss or damage arising by reason of your use of/ publicatrion of this picture. / UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL / TRIBUNE TOWER, ROOM 636 / CHICAGO, IL, ILLINOIS]"

Inscribed Verso, bottom left corner: "CVL-IL-062 / 2000"
Verso, right: "1792703"
Crowd of demonstrators kneel in prayer outside city hall after march from Soldier Field in protest to alleged school segregation in Chicago. March took place two-day (of) school boycott when court order blocked it
Crowd of demonstrators kneel in prayer outside city hall after march from Soldier Field in protest to alleged school segregation in Chicago. March took place two-day (of) school boycott when court order blocked it
Unknown artist
Date: June 10, 1965
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.264
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.
Unknown artist
Date: August 15, 1963
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.260
Police move in with night sticks to break up group of demonstrators who tried to break police lines after marching on Central High School August 12th. Firemen with high pressure hoses and police put down the riotous protest
Police move in with night sticks to break up group of demonstrators who tried to break police lines after marching on Central High School August 12th. Firemen with high pressure hoses and police put down the riotous protest
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage United Press International Telephoto with airbrushing
Object number: 2022.15.117
Anti-war demonstrator is picked up by police for removal to jail here early today when 20 of the demonstrators were arrested as they tried to invade an induction center. A group of some 50 to 75 marchers had been parading in front of the center when some of them broke ranks and headed for the doors
Anti-war demonstrator is picked up by police for removal to jail here early today when 20 of the demonstrators were arrested as they tried to invade an induction center. A group of some 50 to 75 marchers had been parading in front of the center when some of them broke ranks and headed for the doors
Unknown artist
Date: October 19, 1967
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto with added pigment
Object number: 2022.15.259
Prayers to Bridge Barbed Wire: a Buddhist monk and a nun pray as they kneel with some 200 demonstrators on a street in Saigon today. In a new wave of protests against the government of Premier Ky, some 10,000 persons gathered outside the Buddhist Institute and began a march toward the center of South Vietnam?s capital. Troops broke up the demonstration and ringed this group with barbed wire
Prayers to Bridge Barbed Wire: a Buddhist monk and a nun pray as they kneel with some 200 demonstrators on a street in Saigon today. In a new wave of protests against the government of Premier Ky, some 10,000 persons gathered outside the Buddhist Institute and began a march toward the center of South Vietnam?s capital. Troops broke up the demonstration and ringed this group with barbed wire
Unknown artist
Date: May 29, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.184
Protest School Superintendent with Sit-down: Marchers representing various civil rights groups stage a sit-down in La Salle Street in front of City Hall today to protest retention of Benjamin C. Willis as Chicago school superintendent. An earlier scheduled boycott of classes was prohibited by court order
Protest School Superintendent with Sit-down: Marchers representing various civil rights groups stage a sit-down in La Salle Street in front of City Hall today to protest retention of Benjamin C. Willis as Chicago school superintendent. An earlier scheduled boycott of classes was prohibited by court order
Date: June 10, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.285
The main street of Nha Trang, a coastal town 200 miles northeast of Saigon, after an American Canberra jet loaded with 250 pound bombs crashed, killing 12 South Vietnamese and injuring 71. The pilot set the automatic controls to guide the stricken plane out to sea before he baled out, but an inshore wind swept it back over land
The main street of Nha Trang, a coastal town 200 miles northeast of Saigon, after an American Canberra jet loaded with 250 pound bombs crashed, killing 12 South Vietnamese and injuring 71. The pilot set the automatic controls to guide the stricken plane out to sea before he baled out, but an inshore wind swept it back over land
Date: August, 1965
Medium: United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.291
Another Day, Another Confrontation: A large crowd of demonstrators is stopped by a thin line of county police as they attempted to march to the courthouse. They were halted by Sheriff Jim Clark and told they could proceed on an individual basis if they had voter registration business there. City police later replaced the sheriff's men. A contingent of state police stands ready in foreground.
Another Day, Another Confrontation: A large crowd of demonstrators is stopped by a thin line of county police as they attempted to march to the courthouse. They were halted by Sheriff Jim Clark and told they could proceed on an individual basis if they had voter registration business there. City police later replaced the sheriff's men. A contingent of state police stands ready in foreground.
Unknown artist
Date: March 15, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.276
Photo from inside ante-room of Mayor Richard J. Daley's office shows entrance of Congress of Racial Equality demonstrators being barred by police. Garrick Madison (white shirt) 18, spokesman for the group, talks with Col. Jack Reilly (white hair), the mayor's director of special events, who eventually allowed Madison and four other representatives of CORE to enter the suite for an interview with Daley. Daley later told reporters: "They asked for my co-operation with regarding the Board of Education, and I told them it is not my policy to interfere with the Board of Education." Reporters and city hall workers are amidst CORE group outside office, Chicago.
Photo from inside ante-room of Mayor Richard J. Daley's office shows entrance of Congress of Racial Equality demonstrators being barred by police. Garrick Madison (white shirt) 18, spokesman for the group, talks with Col. Jack Reilly (white hair), the mayor's director of special events, who eventually allowed Madison and four other representatives of CORE to enter the suite for an interview with Daley. Daley later told reporters: "They asked for my co-operation with regarding the Board of Education, and I told them it is not my policy to interfere with the Board of Education." Reporters and city hall workers are amidst CORE group outside office, Chicago.
Date: July 22, 1963
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.282
Segregation in Chicago schools: Pickets at Du Sable High School, 4934 South Wabash
Segregation in Chicago schools: Pickets at Du Sable High School, 4934 South Wabash
Unknown artist
Date: February 25, 1964
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.263
Sit down protest: As police came to stop youth from inciting other demonstrators, he threw himself on the ground and now is carried to the wagon by police, 74th and Lowe, Chicago.
Sit down protest: As police came to stop youth from inciting other demonstrators, he threw himself on the ground and now is carried to the wagon by police, 74th and Lowe, Chicago.
Date: August 2, 1963
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.283
A crowd watches the demonstrators returning to the city hall steps, Danville, Virginia
A crowd watches the demonstrators returning to the city hall steps, Danville, Virginia
Danny Lyon
Date: 1963; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.75