- Collection:
- Chattanooga Sit-ins and desegregation
- Title:
- Print, Photographic
- Creator:
- Mooney, Jim
- 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 fire hoses used as crowd control on Market Street near 9th Street during the February 1960 sit-ins in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This was taken on the fourth day of protests. Around 5:00 that day, police in Chattanooga began the notorious fire-hose crowd control tactic that is strongly associated with the Civil Rights movement. A fire hose sprayed from the right side of the camera at a crowd in front of Edwards & LeBron Jewelry, Olshine's Clothing, Hardie & Caudle, Davidson clothes, Peacock's Jewelers, and a hamburger shop. It is unclear whether the people being sprayed were African-American or white due to the mist from the spray. People attempted to take shelter under awnings over storefronts. Some people even watch from second story windows and balconies. The name "Mooney" is written on the back, referring to the newspaper photographer.
- Metadata URL:
- http://chattanooga.pastperfectonline.com/photo/39A5BA17-C36D-4922-BA22-691160245018
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Rights: