A Young Boy Plays "Tough" in the Streets of Harlem, Leonard Freed

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1929–2006
A Young Boy Plays "Tough" in the Streets of Harlem, 1963
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 34.6 x 23.5 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 13 5/8 x 9 1/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1974.0136
Not on display

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Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2016 KU Common Book
“I have no desire to make you ‘tough’ or ‘street,’ perhaps because any ‘toughness’ I garnered came reluctantly. I think I was always, somehow, aware of the price.” ("Between the World and Me," p. 24)

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