- Collection:
- African American Odyssey
- Title:
- Wilma Rudolph at the finish line during 50-yard dash at track meet in Madison Square Garden, 1961.
- Date of Original:
- 1961
- Subject:
- African American women athletes--New York (State)--New York
African American athletes--New York (State)--New York
Track and field--New York (State)--New York
Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) - People:
- Rudolph, Wilma, 1940-1994
- Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black-and-white photograph taken in 1961 showing track star Wilma Rudolph crossing the finish line during a 50-yard dash at Madison Square Garden. She is shown coming in before three other runners. Rudolph, an extraordinary athlete, participated in both the 1956 and 1960 Olympic games, winning medals both times and breaking world records in 1960.
Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_afamodyssey_0923001r
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0923001r.jpg
- Original Collection:
- New York World-Telegram & Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
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Wilma Rudolph at the finish line during 50-yard dash at track meet in Madison Square Garden, 1961.
