Animal Locomotion (Plate 167)

Eadweard Muybridge

1887

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Black and white press print of a civil rights conflict in a street. A young, white male jumps into a mixed crowd of white African American marchers from an open convertible. Includes caption "(YAZ3) PHILADELPHIA, Miss., June 21--VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN MEMORIAL MARCH--An unidentified white man leaps from the hood of a car into a crowd of marching Negroes and whites as a fist-swinging melee erupted Tuesday as Dr. Martin Luther King led a memorial march through Philadelphia for three Civil Rights workers killed near Philadelphia two years ago. (AP Wirephoto) (See AP Wire Story) (lg31500stf) 1966"
This black and white photograph shows an elderly man leaning on a cane held in his left hand with his right hand raised to hip height. He is wearing a brimmed hat, blazer, white shirt, and oversized pants. In the background is a cityscape, and at least three other obscured figures.
On the right, a woman in a hat, fur coat, and gloves is seated in a vehicle. Her driver stands on the left.
Wild Horses at Play, George Catlin, lithograph