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Fred Blackwell handwritten and signed photo documenting the 28 May 1963 Woolworth sit-in in Jackson, Mississippi, considered the most violent sit-in of the Civil Rights era. Taken by Blackwell as a photographer for the ''Jackson Daily News'', the famous photo captured the white mob as it poured ketchup, mustard and sugar over the three protestors: John Salter Jr., Joan Mulholland and Anne Moody. Later the crowd would physically assault the nonviolent protestors as local police looked on. Glossy photo measures 20'' x 16'', personally developed by Blackwell, who writes in white felt-tip:
''I took this, now a famous photograph in Jackson, Mississippi on May 28, 1963. It captures the nonviolent sit-in that activists Anne Moody, Joan Mulholland and John Salter, Jr. used at that time to fight for civil and equal rights - while a group of men pour sugar, ketchup and mustard over their heads. Joan has said that this photo has become the most widely used sit-in photo because there is so much violence inherent in it. These three people are the bravest people I have ever known. / Fred Blackwell''.
This sit-in and photograph so disturbed most of the country that President Kennedy called for a national civil rights bill two weeks later, on 11 June 1963. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed and signed by President Johnson a year later. Photo is in near fine condition, accompanied by an LOA from Blackwell.
Photographer Fred Blackwell Handwritten & Signed 20'' x 16'' Photo of the 1963 Jackson, Mississippi Woolworth Sit-in -- Blackwell's Famous Photo Captured the Most Violent of the Civil Rights Sit-ins
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