- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Back of injured man's head; 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964-01-01
- Subject:
- Mississippi Freedom Project
Clarksdale (Miss.)
Police brutality
Violence - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale, 34.20011, -90.57093
- Medium:
- images (object genre)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph of the back of an injured man's head in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The injured man, possibly named Mark Fast, was an attorney from Boston, Massachusetts. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photograph, the man was "injured when arrested and pushed into a police car." The figure to the right is believed to be Rev. Frazer Thomason.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b9d20382-be9a-4745-9676-dbb48ae325c8
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- M359 Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection
Box 1, Folder 24 M359-51 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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