WUSTL Film and Media Archive

Title Work

Title No: 4756

Title: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg after an attack by a mob during the Freedom Rides

Medium: Documentation

Original Medium: Photograph

Date: 29 May 1961 (Created)

Original Summary:

Freedom Riders John Lewis and Jim Zwerg after being battered by a mob in Montgomery, Alabama. Both are bloodied and James Zwerg is holding one hand to his mouth, while holding a hankerchief in his other hand.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Subjects: Montgomery (Ala.); Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations; Freedom Rides, 1961

Name As Subjects: Lewis, John; Zwerg, Jim

Credits:

	Role	Name
	Copyright Claimant	Black Star (Picture agency)
	Compiler	Blackside, Inc.
	Copyright Claimant	Moore, Charles

Items ^x3

	Item	Description
	4756-1	Photographic : B&W Photographic Prints
	4756-2	Photographic : B&W safety film negative
	4756-3	Photographic : B&W Photographic Print on Foam Core Board

Contained By ^x2

	Title No	Title
	13901	Eyes on the prize exhibit
	13411	Eyes on the prize [stock photos]