Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Policemen Use Police Dogs During Civil Rights Demonstrations, Birmingham Protests
1963; printed later
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of Henry Shambry having his left pant leg torn off by a police dog. There are several white police officers with additional dogs and several other African American demonstrators standing in a crowd. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
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Catalog reference: 2011.49.8
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