Inscription Printed in black ink on verso: Segregation Indianapolis, Ind. / 1964
Caption printed along bottom of the photograph: (NA 4), INDIANAPOLIS, July 30 – END OF “SIT-IN” – The efforts of four policemen were needed to remove John Torian, a member of the Indianapolis chapter of the Congress on Racial Equality, from the office of Indianapolis school superintendent this afternoon. Torian, along with two other members of the civil rights group, were supporting demands for integrated teaching staffs in Indianapolis public schools. (AP WIREPHOTO) (bd51629-n) 1964
Provenance Jo C. Tartt, Jr., Warrenton, Virginia; 2015 gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art
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