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

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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
DateJune 10, 1965
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm) Image: 5 7/8 × 9 3/8 in. (14.9 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.285
Not on view
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Recto, top: "(CX5) CHICAGO, June 10--PROTEST SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT WITH STUDENT--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. (AP Wirephoto)(wb51605stf-cek) 65" (typewritten)
Verso, center: "[(illegible) used only for the (illegible) / authorized by the owner. (illegible) / (illegible) rented or loaned, or used (illegible) / (illegible) or for the purposed of tra (illegible) / (illegible) following credit must be printed und (illegible) / (illegible) of this picture: / ASSOCIATED PRESS / WIREPHOTO / (illegible) U.S. PATENT OFFICE]"
Verso, left: "RSC 46767"

Inscribed Verso, right side: "Benjamin Willis"
Verso, bottom left corner: "CVL-IL-063 / CEK 2000"
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.
Unknown artist
Date: June 12, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.286
An Army Travels on its Stomach: A soldier, on duty to guard civil rights marchers on their voting protest trek from Selma, Alabama to the state Capital at Montgomery, watches marchers go by as he eats a meal brought to him on the spot. The marchers passing the halfway mark on their 54 mile hike plan to reach Montgomery on Thursday
An Army Travels on its Stomach: A soldier, on duty to guard civil rights marchers on their voting protest trek from Selma, Alabama to the state Capital at Montgomery, watches marchers go by as he eats a meal brought to him on the spot. The marchers passing the halfway mark on their 54 mile hike plan to reach Montgomery on Thursday
Unknown artist
Date: March 23, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.278
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Unknown artist
Date: March 22, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.277
Weary and Muddy But More to Go: two civil rights marchers rest with muddy feet as they face the fourth lap of their protest march on the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery today. They have nearly half of the distance to cover before reaching the capitol Thursday. They are 14-year-old Cornelius Courtland, left, of Selma, where march started Sunday, and Bruce Hartford, 21, of New Haven.
Weary and Muddy But More to Go: two civil rights marchers rest with muddy feet as they face the fourth lap of their protest march on the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery today. They have nearly half of the distance to cover before reaching the capitol Thursday. They are 14-year-old Cornelius Courtland, left, of Selma, where march started Sunday, and Bruce Hartford, 21, of New Haven.
Unknown artist
Date: March 24, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.279
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: May 2, 1962
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.262
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
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
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
Using the nearby construction area as a playground, these children amuse themselves during school hours instead of attending classes, Manchester, England
Using the nearby construction area as a playground, these children amuse themselves during school hours instead of attending classes, Manchester, England
Leonard Freed
Date: 1974
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.123
Chicago police take charge of a heckler as civil rights marchers leave Cicero and re-enter Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago police take charge of a heckler as civil rights marchers leave Cicero and re-enter Chicago, Illinois.
Unknown artist
Date: September 4, 1966
Medium: Gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2022.15.261
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
Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Close up of a prisoner showing in his wallet the portrait of the former Superintendent O. E. Bishop, Cummins, Arkansas
Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Close up of a prisoner showing in his wallet the portrait of the former Superintendent O. E. Bishop, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.239