A demonstrator was subdued by police today near West End High School in Birmingham after two black girls entered the school building. In the left background, police restrain a woman who was protesting the officer having his knee on the man's face.

On verso: newspaper caption with date stamp affixed.

Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)

This object has the following keywords:

• Birmingham
• Broken barriers
• Civil Rights Movements
• Desegregation
• Education
• Education
• Injustice
• Police
• Protesters
• Racial Discrimination
• Segregation
• Students
• West End High School

• Overall Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 8 11/16 in. (18.73 x 22.07 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen