Courthouse: Civil Rights lawyers Odell Horton, A. W. Willis, Benjamin Hooks, Russell Sugarmon and J. F. Estes at Memphis Police Court. Memphis, 1960

Ernest C. Withers, Published by Panopticon Press, Boston

1960; printed 1994

  • Titles Courthouse: Civil Rights lawyers Odell Horton, A. W. Willis, Benjamin Hooks, Russell Sugarmon and J. F. Estes at Memphis Police Court. Memphis, 1960 (Proper)@I Am A Man (Portfolio)
  • Artist Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 15 15/16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.5 x 50.5 cm) image: 14 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. (37.8 x 45.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase, 2006.322.7
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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