Some 200 civil rights marchers protesting retention of School Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis were carted off to jail in police vans and squadrols Friday.

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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.
Artist/Maker
DateJune 12, 1965
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/4 × 8 in. (26 × 20.3 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 8 in. (24.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.286
Not on view
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Verso, top: "RSC 60087"
Verso, center: "DAILY NEWS / JUN 12 1965"
Verso, center bottom: "Some 200 civil rights marchers protesting retention of / School Supt. Benjamin C. Willis were carted off to jail in. police vans and squadrols Friday." (newspaper pasted)
Inscribed Verso, top left corner: "CVL-IL-214" and "2500"
Verso, center bottom: "Misc"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Unknown artist
Date: August 23, 1963
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.284
North Vietnam Congress: This radiophoto form Hanoi, North Vietnam, was monitored in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, bearing this information: "In an atmosphere stirring with victories over the U.S. aggressors in both North and South Vietnam, the All-North Vietnam Congress of Heroes, model fighters in opposing U.S. aggression and saying the country, was convened in Hanoi. Premier Pham Van Dong was in cordial contact with the heroes."
North Vietnam Congress: This radiophoto form Hanoi, North Vietnam, was monitored in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, bearing this information: "In an atmosphere stirring with victories over the U.S. aggressors in both North and South Vietnam, the All-North Vietnam Congress of Heroes, model fighters in opposing U.S. aggression and saying the country, was convened in Hanoi. Premier Pham Van Dong was in cordial contact with the heroes."
Unknown artist
Date: January 1967
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.189
A group of clergymen from the Washington area join hands to sing "We Shall Overcome" at Washington National Airport before flying to Alabama to take part in a scheduled march on March 9 for Negro voting rights. The group flew to Montgomery where they planned to take a bus to Selma for the demonstration. Among them are Rabbi Richard A. Hirsch, left, of Washington; Bishop John Wesley Lord, third from left; Methodist Bishop of Washington; and the Rt. Reverend George L. Gringas, second from right, of the Roman Catholic Church.
A group of clergymen from the Washington area join hands to sing "We Shall Overcome" at Washington National Airport before flying to Alabama to take part in a scheduled march on March 9 for Negro voting rights. The group flew to Montgomery where they planned to take a bus to Selma for the demonstration. Among them are Rabbi Richard A. Hirsch, left, of Washington; Bishop John Wesley Lord, third from left; Methodist Bishop of Washington; and the Rt. Reverend George L. Gringas, second from right, of the Roman Catholic Church.
Date: March 8, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.275
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
Unknown artist
Date: April 5, 1969
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.271
Off-Duty: Chicago policeman William Sherrod (right) wore his service revolver as he helped a friend, the Reverend Edward Dixon, cut grass in front of his home in a white neighborhood. Mr. Dixon, a Cook County Hospital chaplain, recently purchased the house.
Off-Duty: Chicago policeman William Sherrod (right) wore his service revolver as he helped a friend, the Reverend Edward Dixon, cut grass in front of his home in a white neighborhood. Mr. Dixon, a Cook County Hospital chaplain, recently purchased the house.
Unknown artist
Date: August 1963
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.266