The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Line of Unemployed Men, New York City

Line of Unemployed Men, New York City

1963 (printed before 1975)
(American, 1929–2006)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 16.2 x 24 cm (6 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2016.280
© Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

In 1963, the year Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, the unemployment rate in the United States was 5% for whites and 10.9% for blacks.
  • Black in America: Louis Draper and Leonard Freed. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 26-July 30, 2017).
  • {{cite web|title=Line of Unemployed Men, New York City|url=false|author=Leonard Freed|year=1963 (printed before 1975)|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2016.280