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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Daddy, I Want to Be Free Too, Memphis, Tenn.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Daddy, I Want to Be Free Too, Memphis, Tenn.

Artist Ernest C. Withers (American, 1922-2007)
Date1961, printed 1996
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm)
20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsCivil Rights Movement
Credit LinePurchase in Memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and the Art Purchase Fund
Object number97.21.3
Terms
  • Civil Rights
  • police car
  • Man
  • Child
  • Street
  • People
  • Memphis, TN
  • African-American Artist
  • Black
  • White
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Not on view
DescriptionWilliam Edwin Jones pushes daughter Renee Andrewnetta Jones during protest march on Main Street, Memphis, TN.

Label TextErnest C. Withers American, 1922−2007 Daddy, I Want to Be Free Too, Memphis, Tennessee, August 1961 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1996 William Edwin Jones pushes a stroller holding his eight-month-old daughter Renée Andrewnetta Jones during a 1961 protest march on Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Organizers of this rally called for only fathers and daughters to march, asking that mothers and sons stay home. They anticipated that a mixed gender demonstration, including young girls, might be less likely to experience police or mob disruption, and if violence occurred, at least part of each family would be safe. Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 97.21.3
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