- Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy Papers
- Title:
- Body of Willie Earl after lynching, Greenville, South Carolina, February 17, 1947
- Date of Original:
- 1947-02-17
- Subject:
- Racism--South Carolina--Greenville
Terrorism
Lynching
Lynching
Dead persons - People:
- Kennedy, Stetson
- Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Greenville County, Greenville, 34.85262, -82.39401
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Text on reverse: "This Was Once a Man" and "Remains of Willie Earl, hacked to pieces by white taxi drivers of Greenville, South Carolina. Although twenty-one men eventually signed confessions, an all-white jury refused to convict any of them." Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States.
- Local Identifier:
- L1979-37_068
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SKennedy/id/10615
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Stetson Kennedy papers, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
Cite as: L1979-37_068, Stetson Kennedy Papers, L1979-37, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta. - Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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