Untitled press print (Brandon Mississippi—A Mixed Group of “Little Selma” Marchers)

United Press International

May 29, 1965

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seated female nude
This black-and-white printed image represents three female figures and one male figure in a room. The two female figures at the right and center of the composition are ironing garments, while the female figure at the left watches. The male figure stands behind the female figures and appears to be putting a garment into a steam press.
Press print with caption (verso) "Negro Church Bombing Arrests / Birmingham, Alabama: Two men hide their faces from the news cameras as they are driven to jail here yesterday as suspects in the recent bombing of a Negro church in Birmingham, when four young negro girls died. The men were identified as R. E. Chambliss and Charles Cagle. 30th September 1963"
A Long Journey, Frank Weston Benson, etching