The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Looking for Justice, Civil Rights Rally, Montgomery, Alabama
1968
(American, b. 1946)
Image: 19.3 x 21.9 cm (7 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.); Paper: 19.3 x 21.9 cm (7 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2021.135
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Chester Higgins Jr. took this image the year he began photographing, while still a student at the Tuskegee Institute.Description
Higgins took up photography to document protests on campus and other activities in the Civil Rights Movement. The picture shows neither leaders nor dramatic moments in the movement; instead, Higgins focused on the audience listening to speeches at a civil rights rally. The expressions on the faces of the crowd vary: they range from hope to forbearance to cynicism, but always demonstrate determination.- 1968-2021Chester Higgins, Jr. (the artist) [1946-]2021(Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY)September 13, 2021-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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