Photograph of a girl walking in front of a looted store after the Newark Riots

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 a girl walking alone in front of a store destroyed during the Newark riots. Charred debris is on the sidewalk.

Catalog date

July 1967

Recorded places

Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Civil Rights; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; Race riots; U.S. History, 1961-1969; Urban life

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