Daddy, I Want To Be Free Too (William Edwin Jones pushes daughter Renee Andrewnetta Jones during protest march on Main Street, Memphis, August, 1961); from the portfolio I Am A Man
Artist: Ernest C. Withers (American, 1922 - 2007)
Publisher: Panopticon Press, Tony Decaneas, Waltham, MA
Date: photographs: 1956-1968; portfolio: 1994
Dimensions:
sheet: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm)
image: 14 7/8 x 15 in. (37.8 x 38.1 cm)
Sheet, according to WAC form: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Mrs. George W. Stevens Fund
Object number: 2003.46C
Label Text:
Ernest C. Withers
American, 1922–2007
“Daddy, I Want To Be Free, Too”
William Edwin Jones pushes daughter Renee Andrewnetta Jones during protest march on Main Street, Memphis, August 1961
In this photograph taken during an unidentified protest in Memphis, Ernest Withers perfectly distills the hopes and tensions of the Civil Rights movement.
Ernest C. Withers
American, 1922–2007
“Daddy, I Want To Be Free, Too”
William Edwin Jones pushes daughter Renee Andrewnetta Jones during protest march on Main Street, Memphis, August 1961
In this photograph taken during an unidentified protest in Memphis, Ernest Withers perfectly distills the hopes and tensions of the Civil Rights movement.
DescriptionPortfolio with letterpress text and ten gelatin silver prints.
On view