Inscription Stamped in black ink on verso, top center: RACIAL SEGREGATION--ST.AUGUSTINE / FLORIDA
Red wax crayon marks on aforementioned stamp, one underlines the words, “RACIAL SEGREGATION”
Printed in pencil on verso, top right corner: XP-5
Stamped in purple ink on verso, upper right: RECEIVED EXAMINER / REFERENCE LIBRARY / JUN 21 1964
Caption printed recto, along right side of ithe photograph: (STA8) ST.AUGUSTINE, FLA., June 20--WHITE AND NEGRO BATHERS BATTLE--Helmeted policemen wade into the surf to try and break up a battle which started after a group of integrationists entered the segregated beach. (AP Wire-photo)(jk71840stf) 1964
Provenance Jo C. Tartt, Jr., Warrenton, Virginia; 2015 gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art
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