Untitled press print (Birmingham, Alabama—Demonstrators on Floor of Department Store)

F. Rockstroh

n. d.

  • Titles Untitled press print (Birmingham, Alabama—Demonstrators on Floor of Department Store) (Descriptive)
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions 8 x 7 7/8 in. (20.3 x 20 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase, 2011.39
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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This black and white photograph represents the facade of a large brick building (Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church) with two towers and a large street-facing staircase. The image is taken from across a street corner. The staircase of the building is covered in a crowd of African American people, and on the surrounding streets there are a number of white police offiers and police vehicles, including one that dominates the lower edge of the image. A tree stands in front of part of the building's facade and a street light floats in the upper right corner of the image.