Yale University graduate student Bruce Payne tells the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in Jackson that he was beaten by three white men in Port Gibson, Mississippi while working on the freedom ballot
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(Vicksburg, MS, August 29, 1939 - )Yale University graduate student Bruce Payne tells the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in Jackson that he was beaten by three white men in Port Gibson, Mississippi while working on the freedom ballot, February 1965
Vintage wire photograph on paper
9 5/16 x 6 1/2 in. (23.65 x 16.51 cm)
Creation Place:
North America
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted gift of Michael Mattis and Judy Hochberg in honor of Myrlie Evers-Williams.
Accession Number:
P2021.13.639
Commentary
Describes Beating: Yale University graduate student Bruce Payne describes an incident in which he was beaten while working on the voter registration project in Natchez, Mississippi in 1963. Payne told the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Jackson today that he was beaten by three white men in Port Gibson, Mississippi while in the state working on the "freedom ballot".
Marks
On recto: typewritten title and date. On verso: Associated Press stamp and date stamp.
Materials
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)
Keywords
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Assaults,
Bruce Payne,
Civil Rights Movements,
Injustice,
Natchez,
Port Gibson,
Racial Discrimination,
Testimonies,
United States Commission on Civil Rights,
Voter registration,
Voting Rights,
Voting Rights,
Yale University
- Assaults
- Bruce Payne
- Civil Rights Movements
- Injustice
- Natchez
- Port Gibson
- Racial Discrimination
- Testimonies
- United States Commission on Civil Rights
- Voter registration
- Voting Rights
- Voting Rights
- Yale University
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 9 5/16 x 6 1/2 in. (23.65 x 16.51 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
- Sheet Dimensions: 10 x 8 1/8 in. (25.4 x 20.64 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
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