- Collection:
- Chattanooga Sit-ins and desegregation
- Title:
- Print, Photographic
- Creator:
- Wilson, Delmont
- Date of Original:
- 1960-02
- Subject:
- Race relations
Chattanooga (Tenn.)--Race relations
African Americans--Tennessee--Chattanooga
African Americans--Social conditions
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Chattanooga
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Chattanooga - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Hamilton County, Chattanooga, 35.04563, -85.30968
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black and white photograph of firemen attaching a hose to a fire hydrant during the Chattanooga sit-ins of February 1960. This image was taken on the fourth day of protests. Around 5:00 pm that day, police in Chattanooga began the notorious fire-hose crowd control tactic that is strongly associated with the Civil Rights movement. A policeman stood on a street corner in front of two firemen as they attached a fire hose to a fire hydrant from their fire truck. The name "Wilson" is written on the back referring to the photographer, likely Delmont Wilson of the Chattanooga News-Free Press.
- Metadata URL:
- http://chattanooga.pastperfectonline.com/photo/2DB2B3F5-6E7F-43A0-928C-874568286916
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Rights: