- Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy Papers
- Title:
- Glynn County prison camp after guards open fire on prisoners, Brunswick, Georgia, July 11, 1947
- Date of Original:
- 1947-07-11
- Subject:
- Police brutality
Prisons--Georgia--Brunswick
Prisoners--Georgia--Brunswick
Prison riots--Georgia--Brunswick
Prison guards
Prison laborers
Prison riots - People:
- Kennedy, Stetson
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Text on reverse: "July 11, 1947, Brunswick Ga., Glynn County prison camp. Guards fired on 27 convicts, 8 killed, 5 wounded. (Had refused to work in snake-infested ditch; guard captain drunk)" 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_205
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SKennedy/id/13123
- 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_205, 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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